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Additional authors

1. Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.
2. Nichols, John, 1745-1826
3. Dodsley, James, 1724-1797
4. Robson, James, 1733-1806
5. Walter, John, -1803
6. Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810
7. Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802
8. Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
9. Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788

Description

1. 2 v. : ill., port.; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

1. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780
2. Black people > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
3. Black people > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
4. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Portraits
5. Authors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
6. Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Correspondence
7. Composers, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
8. Authors, Black > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
9. London (England) > Race relations > Early works to 1800
10. Actors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
11. Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
12. Actors, Black > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
13. Composers, Black > Great Britain > Early works to 1800

Call number

1. Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho. 1782)

Note

1. "For the benefit of the family, one of his correspondents, Miss Crewe, collected his 'Letters' and published them ... with an anonymous memoir by Joseph Jekyll."--Dictionary of national biography.
2. Frontispiece portrait in v. 1 signed: Gainsborough pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculp.; frontispiece illustration on v. 2 signed: Engraved by Fra. Bartolozzi.
3. Vol. 1 has unnumbered leaf between p. 22 and 23; v. 2. has p. 23 misnumbered 2.
4. With a list of subscribers, p. [xvii]-lvii in v. 1.
5. Vol. 1: [4], ii, [1], vi-lvii, [1], 22, [2], 23-204 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 224 p., [1] leaf of plates.

Indexed in (note)

1. English short title catalogue
2. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time

Provenance (note)

1. 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 : in two volumes : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life : vol. I[-II].

Imprint

1. London : Printed by J. Nichols: and sold by J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall; J. Robson, in New Bond Street; J. Walter, Charing-Cross; R. Baldwin, Paternoster-Row; and J. Sewell, Cornhill, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]

Indexed in:

1. English short title catalogue, T100345
2. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 76310

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Rare B-Sancho (accession nos. B571174-B571175) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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1. Request access to this item in the Schwarzman Rare Books Collection
2. Request Access to Special Collections Material

Added author

1. Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.
2. Nichols, John, 1745-1826, printer.
3. Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, bookseller.
4. Robson, James, 1733-1806, bookseller.
5. Walter, John, -1803, bookseller.
6. Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810, bookseller.
7. Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, bookseller.
8. Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.
9. Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, illustrator.
10. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research call number

1. Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho. 1782)
2. *KF 1782 (Sancho, I. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho)