Paris Shopfronts

The illustrator behind the highly-acclaimed books NYC Storefronts, London Shopfronts, and Brooklyn Storefronts turns his eyeand pen to the City of Light. Brimming with joie de vivre and delightful detail, this journey through Pariss neighborhoods captures two hundred intriguing storefronts that help make the city a shoppers and tourists paradise. As in his previous books illustrating the shops of New York City and London, Joel Holland offers the unique perspective of a traveler on foot. Paris-based journalist Vivian Songs text provides an insiders perspective as to why each location is worthy of a stop on any itinerary. There are plenty of iconic stores here: Le Bon Marche, Frances first department store; Shakespeare and Company, the most famous English- language bookshop in the city; and the Laduree macaron shop. But theres also a bounty of lesser-known places, like a Moroccan restaurant frequented by the citys top chefs; a taxidermists mecca; and a historic lingerie shop that birthed the predecessor of the modern-day brazier. From the Marais to Montmartre, the Latin Quarter to the 1st Arrondissement, this delightful book offers a unique glimpse into what makes the city a magical and wonderfully diverse place to walk and shop.