Traded at 69 Quai de l'horologe, Paris (1789-93) then Place de Pont-Neuf, Paris (1793-1840). Worked under Louvre until 1789, appointed engineer to the king, 1789; "Opticien de l'Observatoire Royale et de la Marine et du Bureau des Longitudes"; made telescopes etc., succeeded by his son, Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours