Joseph Sabin

Joseph Sabin (9 December 1821—5 June 1881) was a Braunston, England-born bibliographer and bookseller in Oxford, Philadelphia, and New York City.[1][2] He compiled the "stupendous" multivolume Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, considered a "bibliophilic monument;"[3] and published the American Bibliopolist, a trade magazine.[4][5] His sons Robert T. Sabin and William W. Sabin also worked in the bookselling business.[6]

Joseph Sabin
Born9 December 1821 Edit this on Wikidata
Braunston Edit this on Wikidata
Died5 June 1881 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 59)
OccupationBibliographer, writer Edit this on Wikidata

At the sale of the library of the musicologist and rare book collector, Edward Francis Rimbault, in 1877, Sabin served as an agent for the banker and collector, Joseph W. Drexel, in his large purchase of portions of the 1877 auction, held in London from July 31 to August 7.[7]

See also

References

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (9th ed.). 1889.
  2. Trow's New York City Directory. J.F. Trow. 1872. p. 998. Nassau Street
  3. Donald W. Krummel (2005), "Early American Imprint Bibliography and Its Stories: An Introductory Course in Bibliographical Civics", Libraries & Culture, 40 (3): 239–250, doi:10.1353/lac.2005.0050, JSTOR 25541929, S2CID 161647315
  4. "Death of Joseph Sabin", New York Times, 1881
  5. Anna H. Perrault; Ron Blazek (2003). "Sources of General Importance to U.S. History". United States History: A Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources. Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 978-1-56308-874-2.
  6. Donna Dennis (2009). Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-05373-1.
  7. A. Hyatt King, Catalog of the Music Library of Edward Francis Rimbault Sold at London 31 July-7 August 1877, with the Library of Dr. Rainbeau, reprint (Buren: Frits Knuf, 1975), p. viii.

Further reading

Bibliotheca Americana

  • Joseph Sabin; Wilberforce Eames; R. W. G. Vail, eds. (1868–1936). Bibliotheca Americana: a Dictionary of Books relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. OCLC 13972268.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) + via Hathi Trust icon of an open green padlock
Individual volumes
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VolumeFromToYear
Volume 1A [1]Bedford [4280]1868
Volume 2Bedinger [4282]Brownell [8684]1869
Volume 3Brownell [8685]Chesbrough [12513]1870
Volume 4Cheshire [12516]Costa [17013]1871
Volume 5Costa [17015]Du Moulin [21221]1873
Volume 6Du Moulin [21222]Franklin [25489]1873
Volume 7Franklin [25490]Hall [29818]1875
Volume 8Hall [29820]Huntingdon [33970]1877
Volume 9Huntington [33971]LaCroix [38495]1877
Volume 10LaCroix [38497]M’Clary [43005]1878
Volume 11McClean [43006]Mémoire [47520]1879
Volume 12Mémoire [47524]Nederland [52224]1880
Volume 13Nederland [52225]Omai [57263]1881
Volume 14Omaña [57265]Philadelphia [61980]1884
Volume 15Philadelphia [61982]Providence [66280]1885
Volume 16Providence [66281]Remarks [69511]1886
Volume 17Remarks [69513]Ross [73344]1888
Volume 18Ross [73345]Schedae [77522]1889
Volume 19Schedel [77523]Simms [81225]1891
Volume 20Simms (W.G.) [81226]Smith (Seba) [84187]1892-1928
Volume 21Smith (Seb. B.) [84188]Solis Y Valenzuela [86498]1929-31
Volume 22Solis Y Valenzuela [86499]Spiritual Manifestations [89519]1931-32
Volume 23Spiritual Maxims [89520]Storrs [92256]1932-33
Volume 24Storrs [92257]Ternaux-Compans [94853]1933-34
Volume 25Ternaux-Compans [94854]Tucker [97361]1934
Volume 26Tucker [97362]Vindex [99774]1935
Volume 27Vindex [99775]Weeks [102461]1936
Volume 28Weeks [102462]Witherspoon [104937]1936
Volume 29Witherspoon [104938]Zwey [106413]1936

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