Background
She was the second daughter of Jean (January) Luzac, book seller and publisher, and Anna Hillegonda Valckenaer (relation of Johan Valckenaer).
She was the second daughter of Jean (January) Luzac, book seller and publisher, and Anna Hillegonda Valckenaer (relation of Johan Valckenaer).
They lived in Delft, but also owned the country estate of Vlietenburgh in Voorburg. Her letters (and a few by Wybo Fijnje) are published, with an ample introduction, by Baartmans under the title "Myne beslommerde Boedel".(2003).
Since Wybo Fijnje was a member of the Patriots and the publisher of "Hollandsche Historische Courant" in Delft, after the Orange Revolution of 1787 the couple had to flee, leaving firstly for Antwerp, then Brussels, and finally Watten in Frans-Vlaanderen, where Emilie died in 1788.