Salon international du livre rare et de l'objet d'art au Grand Palais

On thursday I was lucky enough to get an invite to preview the annual  SALON DU LIVRES RARES ET L'OBJETS D'ART at Grand Palais. Naturally I was thinking I'll just run in for 20-30 minutes and then off to the pool.

Ha! Two hours later I could have stayed and stayed. A veritable treasure chest of old books, art and and artifacts to linger over. This stripped tent from military dealer, BERTRAND MALVAUX contained Napoleonic medals, helmets, armor, toy soldiers. Was that the dealer's grass green shoes? Qui sait. 

160 exhibitors, 44 countries represented, 50 art experts to consult. 

What more could you want? A giant book store.

An area just for prints and small drawings amd watercolors. As if you are browsing a tiny shop.

Special invited guest, library, LA BIBLIOTHEQUE FORNEY brought treasures from their collections

There are small shops of jewelry, fabrics, watches as well...

Famous French 20s printer, DRAEGER had a big stand of old posters, fashion drawings

I was lured in easily and would have bought up everything in sight if I could have.

Still the fun of going to these big, glorious art shows is browsing up close things you would normally view only behind glass cases

Today is the last day of Salon international du livre rare & de l'objet d'art au Grand Palais. Run, don't walk to catch it. Thank you for reading Parisbreakfast. If you enjoyed this forward to a friend. Receive monthly Paris letters or maps in your mailbox + French souvenirs at ETSY.

xxx💋Carolg et Bear 🐻 in Paris