The Lerebours were a family of optical instrument makers working in Paris, France. Noël Jean Lerebours (1762-1840) originated the business in the 1780s and began making optical and scientific instruments of exceptional quality. His son Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours (1807-1873) took over the business in 1840; in 1845 the firm became Lerebours et Secretan.

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