A couple of months ago I received an email from a lady who had read a posting on my blog and asking about what an object was called she had seen in one of my photos and where could she buy one. I wasn’t in Paris when I received her email and didn’t have access to any information that she needed. Alas, I can’t find her email and was hoping to send her the information so hopefully she will see this posting and have her questions answered. I remembered all of this today while strolling along some streets in the Left Bank, specifically rue Bonaparte. There are several stores here selling books and what she was looking for, book marks. The are just called Page Marks in French although I was told they also just call them Book Marks and also signet. At least this was what they told me in the shop.


A couple, ahem, marking a page.


They aren’t cheap but aren’t they cute? I might buy one if I wasn’t sure I’d immediately lose it.


Some more traditional looking bookmarks.

I saw the best selection in a shop called Librairie Pinault at 36 rue Bonaparte. They have an email address: abbaye-pinault@wanadoo.fr. Phone: 01 46 33 04 24.

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