Librairie Auguste Blaizot

About

• Founded in 1840 and located in the most elegant area of Paris, close to the Champs Elysées, Librairie Auguste Blaizot is the most famous Antiquarian Bookshop in France with its 1930's atmosphere. • It has become renowned as "the place" for the most eminent personalities of the artistic and intellectual world to visit. • Claude Blaizot comes from a long line of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is a well known expert and firmly preserves the tradition of offering only the highest quality works. • Claude Blaizot also offers advice, expertise, collating, care and restoration of books, he organises auction sales. He is also an Art Editor. • Librairie Auguste Blaizot specialises in french literature and provides a considerable choice of the most beautiful books. Here you will find first editions and illustrated books together with decorative bindings. • The regular exhibitions provide invaluable assistance to writers, artists, bookbinders and contemporary editors, and its expertise in decorative bindings is appreciated throughout the world.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes