On a sunny Saturday afternoon in September 2021, as I was strolling along the quays of the Seine river near the famous sellers known as Bouquinistes, I came across this woman who immediately caught my eye. With her wild hair, her cigarette in her mouth, her jacket with little polka dots, these vintage posters in hands, ... she had all the features of a connoisseur with an expert eye for rare and authentic pearls from another era.
And click click, it's in the box, this box that I never leave home without!
« With their 400,000 books that run along the Seine, their 900 bottle-green boxes filled with old books, comic books and specialized works, the Bouquinistes are a true symbol of the quays ...