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Bouquinistes in Paris.

Bouquinistes are small bookstores in Paris, on each side of the River Seine. They are green boxes made ​​of wood. They were classified as a World Heritage Site in 1991.

The word bouquinistes is used only in Paris. The word comes from bouquin, book in French slang.


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  • Riverside bouquinistes in Paris

    A bookseller closes his box for the day

  • SecondhandBooksellerQuaiVoltaire1821

    Engraving by Jean Henry Marlet after Adrien Victor Auger, Bouquiniste quai Voltaire 1821.

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