Groupe Moniteur is a French company which helps
establish links between the construction &
development industries and the communities in
which they work. They are also the owner of
Librairie Le Moniteur - a highly specialized
bookstore a stone's throw away from the
Jardin du Luxembourg
and Théâtre du Odeon.
Filled with books on architecture, urbanism,
landscaping and interior design, Librairie Le Moniteur
is one the largest specialized bookstores in Paris
(and certainly the largest bookstore on the topic
that I've seen)...
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They are a familiar sight on the banks of the Seine - those faintly weary people manning dark-green wooden stalls filled with used and new books, postcards, posters, paintings, compact disks, LP's other pre-digital-era media curiosities.
They are Paris Bouquinistes - a tribe that has existed (and flourished) since as far back as mid-16th century, although it was only from the late 1790's, when they were first officially recognized, that les bouquinistes gradually came to occupy most embankments on and around Île de la Cité - despite organized resistance from the more "orderly" bookstores which, as you know, are aplenty in Paris...
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