For centuries, curious visitors and bookworms from around the world dived in the kiosks of booksellers along the banks of the Seine, where they found rare and old prints that have long been missed. But the pandemic is threatening the existence of this cultural landmark in the French capital.
It's a chance to work "in an extraordinary setting,” Jerome Callais, president of the Bouquinistes association, who spent three decades on the Quai de Conti with 220 other booksellers searching and selling old books, told Agence France Press (AFP).
