ARMSTRONG, E. (Jacqueline Kennedy).
Lorenzo de' Medici and Florence in the Fifteenth Century.
New York: G. P. Putnan's Sons , 1896.
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From the Library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First edition of Armstrong's authoritative biography on Lorenzo de' Medici. Octavo, original boards, top edge gilt, frontispiece with tissue guard, illustrated. From the library of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with the adhesive residue retaining the silhouette of the Sotheby's "The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis" bookplate on the second free endpaper. In good condition with a large tape repair to the spine.
Throughout her husband's presidency and more than any of the preceding First Ladies, Jacqueline Kennedy made many official visits to other countries, on her own or with the President. Despite the initial worry that she might not have "political appeal", she proved popular among international dignitaries. In addition to these well-publicized trips during the three years of the Kennedy administration, she traveled to countries including Afghanistan, Austria, Canada, Colombia, United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Turkey, and Venezuela. In 1975, six months after the death of her second husband Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy returned to work as a consulting editor for Viking Press, earning a salary of $200 per week. When Kennedy learned that Viking was to publish Jeffrey Archer's Shall We Tell the President? which contained a plot involving a presidential assassination, she resigned and took an associate editing position at Doubleday where she remained for the rest of her professional career.
Lorenzo de' Medici and Florence in the Fifteenth Century.
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