Booksellers at lunch, On est prie du venir bouquiner a toute heure a condition de ne pas troubler le repas de messieurs les bouquinistes (title on object), View of the Quai St. Michel with book stalls, the outline of Notre Dame in the background. In the foreground, two booksellers are having lunch, sitting on boxes. From one of the bookstalls hangs an advertisement for prints by Apoux, to the right on the quay is the sign of Joly. Below the central image a study of a head. print maker: Joseph Apoux, (mentioned on object), c. 1880 - c. 1900, paper, etching, drypoint, height 119 mm x width 149 mm.