François-Charles Oberthür

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François-Charles Oberthür (1818, Strasbourg - 1893) was the founder of the French printing group François-Charles Oberthür [1]. In Strasbourg,François-Charles, an engraver , ran a printing press, with Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography.He moved to Rennesin 1838, qualified as a lithographer in 1842 and then founded a printing company, with a partner.He became the sole owner in 1855, callng his enterprise the Imprimerie Oberthür.

Chemin de Fer du Nord
Chemin de Fer du Nord
imprimeries Oberthur
imprimeries Oberthur

Imprimerie Oberthür was the exclusive printer for Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest (Western Railway Company), published the first French telephone directory publisher and the "Almanach des Postes" Post Office almanac.These became a huge success, bringing cheap but very high quality art printing to many thousands of families across France.The press also specialized in colour plates featuring flowers, butterflies and beetles.François-Charles Oberthür also devised the standard The Oberthur printing devised the French standard reference for tints.

He was an amateur entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera especially Zygaenidae and Lycaenidae.He had two sons René Oberthür and Charles Oberthür. Both became entomologists. The Oberthur house, n° 82 de la rue de Paris, is preserved in Rennes and a "Parc Anglaise" in Rennes is named for him.

Parc Oberthur
Parc Oberthur







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  • Combert, Y. 2004 René Oberthür (1852-1944) et sa collection. Le Coléoptériste, 7 (2):111-116.
  • René Oberthür and Henri Dautheney.1905Repertoire des Coulers pour aider à la détermination des couleurs des Fleurs, des Feuillages et des Fruits. La Société Française des Chrysantèmistes.Oberthür, Rennes Oberthür, 82 pp + 365 colour plates.
  • David, Fernand, 1925 Ministre du Commerce, de l'Industrie, des Postes et des Telegraphes.Librarie Larousse Paris.


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