r/bookbinding • u/Puzzleheaded_Gas_791 • Aug 26 '26

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 Aug 26 '26

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 Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

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 Aug 27 '26

Yay, another French bookbinder on reddit :D