Louis Jules Duboscq (1817 - 1886) was born in France. In 1839 he married a daughter of Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil, an optics maker and later succeeded his father-in-law in running a part of his business.

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In 1850 Jules Duboscq made the first stereoscopes to the design of David Brewster. It is those stereoscopes that made stereography so popular in Europe, North America and around the world.

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In 1851 Duboscq took part in the Great Exhibition where he exhibited "a stereoscope, to show the complimentary colours of Brewster". At the Exhibition one​ of the stereoscopes made by Duboscq was presented by David Brewster to Queen Victoria.

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After the Exhibition Dobscq started receiving orders for his stereoscope from England. Thus in January 1852 Duboscq delivered a lot of 25 stereoscopes to Antoine Claudet for sale in London.

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Duboscq continued to be one of the premier suppliers of stereoscopes throughout the 1850s. His stereoscopes would initially be sold along with stereoviews from Claude-Marie Ferrier, although later their partnership soured due to financial difficulties of Duboscq.