Lot 08364

ΣΕΝΙΕ Ελισάβετ Σάντη Λουμάκη / CHENIER Elisabeth Santi-Lomaca, Bonnieres Robert de (ed.), “Lettres grecques de Madame Chenier: precedees d’une etude sur sa vie”, Paris, Charavay Freres, 1879. 8vo, pp.200, [3]. Special numbered copy “No.7” printed for the Parisian printer Claude Motteroz. Printed on special paper, uncut of ununiformed size. Illustrated with headpieces & ornaments by G. Dubufe Fils. Original binding with front & back covers embedded with silk, engraved on front cover. Wear along the edges and corners of the silk, soiled the back cover, interior in very fine condition.

Elisabeth Santi-Lomaca Chenier (1729 – 1808) was a Cypriot intellectual. She was born and raised in Constantinople, married in 1755 the French merchant Louis Sennier and lived in Paris from 1765. She was the mother of two famous French poets of the time, Andreas Maria Senier, and Joseph Senier (1764-1811). She was very active supporter of the Greek struggle for independence and her house was the meeting place of the philhellenic organization “Ελληνόγλωσσο Ξενοδοχείο / Hôtel Hellénophone”.