"After Sancho died in 1780, his letters were collected and an edition made of them by Frances Crew. Artists regularly consulted Sancho about their paintings, and aspiring authors sought him out, for he was "said to be a great judge of literary performances" (ODNB). "Sancho's renown first became extensive during the 1760s," when he began corresponding with Laurence Stern, was painted by Gainsborough, and began to author works on poetry and music (Ellis, Politics of Sensibility, 58). Despite his birth and his youth as a servant, he was able to educate himself and become a successful merchant. "Born to enslaved African parents on a ship in the Middle Passage bearing its human cargo from Africa to the Americas and then brought to England, Ignatius Sancho… one of the earliest black critics of the institution of slavery" (Carretta and Gould, eds. Octavo, period-style full tree calf gilt, red and green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers.įirst edition of the landmark Letters of Ignatius Sancho, born on a ship from Africa in the Middle Passage who rose to become renowned in British society, issued posthumously following his death in 1780, featuring his views of slavery-"especially noteworthy because they were made before sustained opposition to the African slave trade began"-including his famous letter to Laurence Sterne and his letter praising Phillis Wheatley, with engraved frontispiece plates in each volume including his striking portrait after a painting by Gainsborough. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life. Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. "ONE OF THE EARLIEST BLACK CRITICS OF THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY": EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION OF THE LETTERS OF IGNATIUS SANCHO, 1782, A CLASSIC WORK IN THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY, FEATURING THE ELEGANT FRONTISPIECE OF SANCHO AFTER THE FAMED GAINSBOROUGH PORTRAIT
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