It consists of two spans, straddling the Ile de la City, and was initially populated with street-singers, charlatans, prosetutes, pickpockets, and above all bouquinistes selling old books and pamphlets out of boxes.
Bouquinistes used boxes to sell old books and pamphlets.
mnli hypothesis: Bouquinistes used boxes to sell old books and pamphlets. premise: It consists of two spans, straddling the Ile de la City, and was initially populated with street-singers, charlatans, prosetutes, pickpockets, and above all bouquinistes selling old books and pamphlets out of boxes.