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Tag Archives: Paris
The best museum in the world ?
You may disagree, but TripAdvisor just named the Musée d’Orsay in Paris the “Best Museum in the World” for 2018. Housed in a stunning turn-of-the-century former railway terminal, this riverside gem hosts an eye-popping collection of European art works dating … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Paris, France, TripAdvisor
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Bookstore of the Moon
La Librairie de la Lune, Brassaï 1938
Bansky in Paris
It’s hard to believe, but the mysterious British street artist(s) known as Banksy just made a first foray into Paris. These images are the first to be discovered. Hopefully, we’ll see some more in the coming days.
As Important As The Eiffel Tower ?
Les Bouquinistes, the booksellers whose iconic green stalls have lined the River Seine in the heart of Paris for more than two hundred years, are campaigning to be recognized by UNESCO as a world cultural treasure. Jerome Callais, the president of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, History, Tourism
Tagged Bookselling, Paris, UNESCO World Heritage
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Wild Books
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Paris, Shakespeare and Company, Virginia Woolf
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Frankenstein Deluxe
To commemorate the bicentennial of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein this year, Les Éditions des Saints Pères in Paris has published a limited edition, deluxe facsimile of the original manuscript in the author’s own handwriting. “Frankenstein is a canon in the history of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Paris, Percy Shelley, Publishing and Printing
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Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel
The Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel (Les songes drolatiques de Panatgruel) is a bizarre, Brueghel-esque volume of humorous and grotesque woodcuts published in Paris in 1565. Based on the satirical Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel by François Rabelais, the book … Continue reading
Un Bouquiniste et Notre Dame
The last few times that I’ve been in Paris I’ve been disappointed to find that the traditional bouquinistes or booksellers along the Seine have been slowly replaced by vendors of tourist tat. This photo from 1931 by Jean Pierre Yves Petit (aka … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Photography
Tagged booksellers, Bookselling, bouquiniste, France, Paris
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Reading 1932
Pablo Picasso, La Lecture (The Reading) 1932 : The artist’s “muse” Marie-Therese Walter asleep in a chair with a book in her lap.
