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Hard cover, large 4to (measuring 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches) in red silk cloth embossed with crest center front, cream endpapers, text in French. Printed in Italy. 309 pp. Lavishly illustrated viewbook with numerous offset printed reproductions of paintings, photographs, topographical maps, engravings etc. in color and black and white, highlighting the history, development and cultural importance of this fabled section of central Paris. Includes a chapter covering changes seen during La Belle Epoque period of 1870-1914. Other topics: architecture, sculpture, museums, sports, restaurants, casinos. PROVENANCE: Former American First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, with bookplate to front pastedown from the Sale of her Estate at Sotheby's, April 23-26, 1996. CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Rear hinge starting but holding firm. A few very small marks to rear cover. **The former American First Lady had a long connection with Paris, beginning as a student abroad from Vassar in 1949 when she shared an apartment with the de Renty family at 76 Avenue Mozart in the 16th arrondissement. Of this experience she said: " I loved it more than any year of my life. Being away from home gave me a chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye. I learned not to be ashamed of a real hunger for knowledge, something I had always tried to hide, and I came home glad to start in here again but with a love for Europe that I am afraid will never leave me." She would later graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French Literature from George Washington University in 1951. During the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, she was a fashion and general media sensation accompanying her husband on the first official state visit to France in 1961. She also later famously lived in the 16th arrondissement with second husband, Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis from 1968 to 1975. REFS: Bnf ark:/12148/bpt6k3391878t. John F. Kennedy Library biography, "Life of Jacqueline B. Kennedy." Heavy book: may require extra postage if going abroad. (7 lbs.)
Ref: ARCH 9487
$450.00