bookshops al fresco ... Paris 2019

Bouquinistes- Book  Stalls 

along  Seine

Paris ,  2019

...

iconic  green  boxes  

originally  selling  

used  books.

...

the  first  boxes  appeared 

during  the  late 16th  century

...

times  change  and  the 

 booksellers  have  adapted 

by  adding   souvenir 

trinkets …

 postcards, paintings, comic books,

Eiffel  tower  key chains

and  even  'love locks' 

which  have  been banned,

but still found on the ponts

and practically  every  chain

in central  Paris