Research Catalog

Title

Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : in two volumes : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life : vol. I[-II].

Author

Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.

Publication

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]

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Additional Authors

• Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.
• Nichols, John, 1745-1826
• Dodsley, James, 1724-1797
• Robson, James, 1733-1806
• Walter, John, -1803
• Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810
• Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802
• Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815
• Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788

Description

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

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

• Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780
• Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Portraits
• Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780 > Correspondence
• Black people > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Black people > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
• Authors, Black > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Actors, Black > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Composers, Black > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Authors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
• Actors, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
• Composers, Black > Great Britain > Correspondence > Early works to 1800
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century
• London (England) > Race relations > Early works to 1800

Note

• "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.
• Frontispiece portrait in v. 1 signed: Gainsborough pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculp.; frontispiece illustration on v. 2 signed: Engraved by Fra. Bartolozzi.
• Vol. 1 has unnumbered leaf between p. 22 and 23; v. 2. has p. 23 misnumbered 2.
• With a list of subscribers, p. [xvii]-lvii in v. 1.
• 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)

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

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

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

OCLC

23635666

Author

Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.

Title

Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : in two volumes : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life : vol. I[-II].

Imprint

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:

English short title catalogue, T100345

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 76310

Provenance

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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Added Author

Jekyll, Joseph, 1754-1837.

Nichols, John, 1745-1826, printer.

Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, bookseller.

Robson, James, 1733-1806, bookseller.

Walter, John, -1803, bookseller.

Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810, bookseller.

Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, bookseller.

Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver.

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788, illustrator.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

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

*KF 1782 (Sancho, I. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho)