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Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life

Title
  1. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life / by Joseph Jekyll, Esq. M.P.
Published by
  1. London : Printed for William Sancho, Charles-Street, Westminster. 1803. (Wilks and Taylor, Printers, Chancery-lane.), [1803]
Author
  1. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.

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Additional authors
  1. Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.
  2. Sancho, William
  3. Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
  4. Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
  5. Wilks and Taylor, printer.
Description
  1. [4], xvi, 310 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : port., facsim.; 22 cm
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  1. Black people > Great Britain
  2. Authors, Black > Great Britain
  3. Composers, Black > Great Britain
  4. Actors, Black > Great Britain
  5. Black people > Great Britain > Correspondence
  6. Authors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence
  7. Composers, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence
  8. Actors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence
  9. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Portraits
  10. Black author
  11. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Correspondence
  12. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
  13. Inscriptions (Provenance)
  14. London (England) > Race relations > 18th century
  15. Ink stamps (Provenance)
Genre/Form
  1. Ink stamps (Provenance)
  2. Inscriptions (Provenance)
Call number
  1. Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters... 1803)
Note
  1. With a half-title: Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
  2. With added engraved title page, dated 20 December 1802, signed: Engraved by Fra. Bartolozzi.
  3. Frontispiece portrait signed: Gainsborough pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
  4. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in printer statement transcription.
Provenance (note)
  1. inscribed: in ink on verso of first original free endleaf "Sir Foster Cunliffe." ; Inscribed: in ink on recto of half-title page "A. Schomburg." With the ink stamp: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Author
  1. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.
Title
  1. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life / by Joseph Jekyll, Esq. M.P.
Imprint
  1. London : Printed for William Sancho, Charles-Street, Westminster. 1803. (Wilks and Taylor, Printers, Chancery-lane.), [1803]
Edition
  1. The fifth edition.
Provenance
  1. Copy in Sc Rare B-Sancho (accession no. B571429) inscribed: in ink on verso of first original free endleaf "Sir Foster Cunliffe." ; Inscribed: in ink on recto of half-title page "A. Schomburg." With the ink stamp: "Arthur A. Schomburg 205 West 115th Street." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Local subject
  1. Black author.
Added author
  1. Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.
  2. Sancho, William, bookseller.
  3. Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.
  4. Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, illustrator.
  5. Wilks and Taylor, printer.
  6. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.
  7. Cunliffe, Foster, Sir, 1755-1834, former owner, inscriber.
Research call number
  1. Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters... 1803)
  2. NDD (Sancho, I. Letters)
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