Already recognized as part of the French heritage, this job hopes to be recognized as part of UNESCO World Heritage it calls for help: let us not let them down.

To give you a number, our turnover is around 5 and 10 euros per day… This is tragic”. Whether is yiddish books, hebrew novels, or Jewish books for children, we are sure you will find the right item. Without foreign, province tourists and inhabitants from the suburbs that fear using public transport, there are only local inhabitants. We carry antique Judaica and also buy your used Judaica, music, and books. In an interview with Le Figaro, Jérôme Callais delivered a catastrophic report: “ We are in week four of the containment exit, and 90% of clients are not here. A petition supported by the Association Culturelle des bouquinistes de Paris and its president Jérôme Callais has gone live online to spread the cry for help for this job at risk. Yet listed on France’s intangible cultural heritage, second-hand book sellers embody very ancient art-de-vivre and know-how that could disappear. Free museums and monuments in Paris on Sunday, March 5, 2023.

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But after two months of lockdown, and even though it has slightly resumed, second-hand book sellers’ timeless and fascinating world is jeopardized. Usually, many passersby stop there because they have fell in love with a work, and collectors come and look for rare editions. From May 11, second-hand book sellers came back by the Seine. Like paintings of landscapes we can find, they play a part in the charm of the French capital.ĭuring lockdown, the famous boxes remained closed in a contained Paris. All along the Seine riverbanks, there usually are 230 big green boxes opening and full of sketching, rare books and other treasures sold by second-hand book sellers. This is one of the trades that make Paris’ soul.

Used books sellers