bouquinistes
thumb|250px|Bouquinistes stall in 2007 The Bouquinistes of Paris, France, are booksellers of used and antiquarian books and rare vintage postcards who ply their trade along large sections of the banks of the Seine: on the right bank from the Pont Marie to the Quai du Louvre, and on the left bank from the Quai de la Tournelle to Quai Voltaire. The Seine is thus described as 'the only river in the world that runs between two bookshelves'.
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- Etymology
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thumb|250px|Bouquinistes stall in 2007 The Bouquinistes of Paris, France, are booksellers of used and antiquarian books and rare vintage postcards who ply their trade along large sections of the banks of the Seine: on the right bank from the Pont Marie to the Quai du Louvre, and on the left bank from the Quai de la Tournelle to Quai Voltaire. The Seine is thus described as 'the only river in the world that runs between two bookshelves'.
== Etymology == The term "bouquiniste" appears in the dictionary of the Académie française in 1762. The term "boucquain", which derived from the Dutch boekijn ("little book"), appeared in 1459 and is recorded as "bouquin" towards the end of the 16th century. The first mention of the word "bouquin" appears in 1580, while the term Bouquinistes refers to a second-hand book dealer.