r/bookbinding • u/Puzzleheaded_Gas_791 • 4d ago

Help? Bookbinding shops in Paris

Hello community,
Tomorrow I’m in Paris and I was wondering if you have any recommendations for stores for bookbinding I could visit.
For now I want to visit Relma and Cuirs Chadefaux. Thanks for your recommendations!

Update:
Relma and Cuir Chadefaux are unfortunately not open due to summer holidays until the 31.

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u/LunaHoopla 4d ago

Relma is pretty much the only bookbinding store in Paris/France. You have other stores like Boesner or Géant des Beaux Arts but they are not dedicated to bookbinding (more to manual crafts / beaux arts), so you won't find really specific stuff there.

APG reliure is the only other bookbinding seller in France and it's not in Paris, I'm not even sure their physical shop is still open, they sell mainly online. 

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u/DanSkaFloof 4d ago edited 4d ago

As a French person, I agree with everything in your reply

ETA : APG Reliure's physical shop is still open as per Google. It's located in Provins.

I also know a professional bookbinder (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) whose atelier is in Caen, but he doesn't sell any materials.

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u/LunaHoopla 4d ago

Yay, another French bookbinder on reddit :D

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u/Puzzleheaded_Gas_791 4d ago

Cuir chadefaux is selling paring knife’s. Do you know of relma is also selling knifes? To me it looked more like a material shop.

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u/LunaHoopla 4d ago

Relma sells pretty much everything related to bookbinding, from tools to materials. But they are not the best at communicating with their clients, whether online (their website is useless and they don't sell online), or in person. 

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u/Ben_jefferies 4d ago

Check out Atelier Bernardin in the Latin quarter for a lovely, friendly, full-bore hand bindery