“L’Escarboucle is the only bookstore specializing in jewelry in the world”

Since June, the public has flocked to the Mercy-Argenteau hotel in large numbers. The noble 18th century building^e century of the great Parisian boulevards, redeveloped by the architect and scenographer Constance Guisset, houses the School of Jewelry Arts (created twenty years ago on the initiative of Van Cleef & Arpels), its courses, its conferences, its exhibitions, its library open to all by appointment… And, for a few days, its specialized bookstore, which is located on Boulevard Montmartre. There are no less than 3,000 titles on offer, all having a link, directly or indirectly, with jewelry. It was named L’Escarboucle, from the Latin carbuncle “little ember” and designates until the 19th century^e century the fiery red stones. An original, erudite name, like the owner, Daniel Mitchell, defector from the Galignani bookstore in Paris, specialist in art books and « lover of beauty since forever ». Encounter.

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