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Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life
- Title
- Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life / by Joseph Jekyll, Esq. M.P.
- Author
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.
- Publication
- London : Printed for William Sancho, Charles-Street, Westminster. 1803. (Wilks and Taylor, Printers, Chancery-lane.), [1803]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters... 1803) | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- [4], xvi, 310 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded) : port., facsim.; 22 cm
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Subjects
- Black people > Great Britain
- Authors, Black > Great Britain
- Composers, Black > Great Britain
- Actors, Black > Great Britain
- Black people > Great Britain > Correspondence
- Authors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence
- Composers, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence
- Actors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Portraits
- Black author
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Correspondence
- Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- London (England) > Race relations > 18th century
- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Genre/Form
- Ink stamps (Provenance)
- Inscriptions (Provenance)
- Note
- With a half-title: Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African. Entered at Stationers' Hall.
- With added engraved title page, dated 20 December 1802, signed: Engraved by Fra. Bartolozzi.
- Frontispiece portrait signed: Gainsborough pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
- Parentheses substituted for square brackets in printer statement transcription.
- Provenance (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters... 1803)
- OCLC
- 28867092
- Author
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.
- Title
- Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life / by Joseph Jekyll, Esq. M.P.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for William Sancho, Charles-Street, Westminster. 1803. (Wilks and Taylor, Printers, Chancery-lane.), [1803]
- Edition
- The fifth edition.
- Provenance
- 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
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.Sancho, William, bookseller.Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, illustrator.Wilks and Taylor, printer.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.Cunliffe, Foster, Sir, 1755-1834, former owner, inscriber.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare B-Sancho (Sancho, I. Letters... 1803)NDD (Sancho, I. Letters)