François-Charles Oberthür

François-Charles Oberthür (1818, Strasbourg – 1893) was the founder of the French printing group Imprimerie Oberthur (fr).

In Strasbourg, François-Charles, an engraver, ran a printing press, with Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography.

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.