Levrault, François Georges
François Georges Levrault (March 21, 1722 - April 22, 1798) was a French protestant printer and bookseller active in Strasbourg in the late 18th century. Levrault was bore in Ogéville, France. His parents died at a young age, but he was taken in by a local priest who raised and educated him. In 1742, he entered the printing business of Jean Robert Joseph Christmann (1704 - 1761). He married Christmann's daughter, Maria Anna Elénora Christman (1737 - 1788), in 1761. In 1769, he was made a partner in the firm, and in 1772, after his brother-in-law François Robert Adrien Christmann (1728 - 1771) died, he became the full owner. In 1786, he acquired the Abreschwiller Paper Mill. By this time, his operation was the largest and most important printing shop in Eastern France.
One of the earliest lithograph maps. By the brother of Alois Senefelder, lithography's inventor.
Plan de Strasbourg avec tous les établissemens publics renfermés dans l'enceinte des fortifications, réduit par Ch. Rothé sur le plan général dressé en 1821 par Mr. N. J. Villot, architecte de la ville.
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A rare 1823 lithograph map of Strasbourg, France, issued by Clément Senefelder, the brother Alois Senefelder, inventor of lithography. It captures Strasbourg during a time of urban renewal in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution. This is one of the earliest examples of lithography applied to cartography. (more details)