Les Bouquinistes - Quai de Seine
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The Parisian “bouquinistes” are old and second-hand book dealers.
They are part of the cultural life of the city; one can find them all along the quays of the river Seine, on the right bank from the Pont Marie to the Quai du Louvre, and on the left bank from the Quai de la Tournelle to the Quai Voltaire.
Nowaydays, there would be 250 “bouquinistes”, who sell not only old books, but also old postcards and stamps, engravings, magazines...