Bouquinistes Collection

Bouquinistes, Paris Quais - Book and Print Sellers
The bouquinistes whose stalls form a permanent book and print market lining the Quai de la Tournelle on the banks of the River Seine, Paris, France. Date: circa 1930s

Fashionable man walking past bouquinistes on the Seine, 1913
Man in suit, bowler hat and cane walking past bouquinistes on the Seine. Tenue du matin. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso

Browsing among the bouquinistes - Paris quais and Notre Dame
Browsing for treasures among the bouquinistes of the Paris quais, with Notre Dame Cathedral in the distance. The Cathedral was badly damaged by fire on 15th April 2019. Date: circa 1960s

French soldiers and Bouquinistes along the Seine, WW1
French soldiers and Bouquinistes along the Seine, Paris, watercolour by Mary Ethel Hunter, First World War. 1917

BOOKSTALLS ON PARIS QUAY
Bouquinistes on the Paris quay with Notre Dame in the background Date: circa 1912

PARIS BOUQUINISTES
Browsing among the bouquinistes along the Paris quais Date: circa 1870

Paris Quais
A fair number of the pictures in our files were purchased from the bouquinistes whose stalls form a permanent book and print market lining the quais of Paris. Date: 1930s

Windy Day on the Quais
A windy day on the quais of the Rive Gauche : the bouquinistes aren t doing much business at their bookstalls, but les messieurs enjoy the lifted skirts of the ladies

Booksellers, Paris Quay
Selling books out of trunks and suitcases on the Paris quay

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