Joseph Sabin
Joseph Sabin | |
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Born | 9 December 1821 Braunston |
Died | 5 June 1881 (aged 59) |
Occupation | Bibliographer, writer |
Joseph Sabin (9 December 1821—5 June 1881) was a
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]
At the sale of the library of the musicologist and rare book 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
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (9th ed.). 1889.
- ^ Trow's New York City Directory. J.F. Trow. 1872. p. 998.
Nassau Street
- S2CID 161647315
- ^ "Death of Joseph Sabin", New York Times, 1881
- ISBN 978-1-56308-874-2.
- ISBN 978-0-674-05373-1.
- ^ 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
- "American Bibliopolist", Sabin & Sons' American Bibliopolist1869-1872, 1–9, NY: J. Sabin & Sons: 9 v. in 8, 1869–1877
- Joseph Sabin (1877), A Bibliography of Bibliography; or, A handy book about books which relate to books, New York: J. Sabin, OL 7222810M
- "Old Booksellers of New York: Joseph Sabin", The Bookman, vol. 1, July 1895
- Adolph Growoll (1939) [1898]. "Joseph Sabin". Book Trade Bibliography in the United States in the Nineteenth Century. E. B. Hackett, The Brick Row Book Shop. .
- Charles F. Heartman (1925–26), "Joseph F. Sabin", American Collector, vol. 1, OCLC 7401125
- R.W.G. Vail (1937), "Sabin's Dictionary", Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, vol. 31
- Frederick Richmond Goff (1963). Joseph Sabin: bibliographer, 1821-1881. Amsterdam: N. Israel.
- John Edgar Molnar (1974). Author-Title Index to Joseph Sabin's Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810806525.
- William S. Reese (1984), "Joseph Sabin", American Book Collector, vol. 5, no. 1, ISSN 0196-5654
- Joel Silver (22 March 1993), "Joseph Sabin and The American Bibliopolist", AB Bookman's Weekly, no. 91
- Joseph Rosenblum (1997), "Joseph Sabin", in Rosenblum (ed.), American Book Collectors and Bibliographers
Bibliotheca Americana
- Joseph Sabin;
Individual volumes via Internet Archive | |||
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Volume | From | To | Year |
Volume 1 | A [1] | Bedford [4280] | 1868 |
Volume 2 | Bedinger [4282] | Brownell [8684] | 1869 |
Volume 3 | Brownell [8685] | Chesbrough [12513] | 1870 |
Volume 4 | Cheshire [12516] | Costa [17013] | 1871 |
Volume 5 | Costa [17015] | Du Moulin [21221] | 1873 |
Volume 6 | Du Moulin [21222] | Franklin [25489] | 1873 |
Volume 7 | Franklin [25490] | Hall [29818] | 1875 |
Volume 8 | Hall [29820] | Huntingdon [33970] | 1877 |
Volume 9 | Huntington [33971] | LaCroix [38495] | 1877 |
Volume 10 | LaCroix [38497] | M’Clary [43005] | 1878 |
Volume 11 | McClean [43006] | Mémoire [47520] | 1879 |
Volume 12 | Mémoire [47524] | Nederland [52224] | 1880 |
Volume 13 | Nederland [52225] | Omai [57263] | 1881 |
Volume 14 | Omaña [57265] | Philadelphia [61980] | 1884 |
Volume 15 | Philadelphia [61982] | Providence [66280] | 1885 |
Volume 16 | Providence [66281] | Remarks [69511] | 1886 |
Volume 17 | Remarks [69513] | Ross [73344] | 1888 |
Volume 18 | Ross [73345] | Schedae [77522] | 1889 |
Volume 19 | Schedel [77523] | Simms [81225] | 1891 |
Volume 20 | Simms (W.G.) [81226] | Smith (Seba) [84187] | 1892-1928 |
Volume 21 | Smith (Seb. B.) [84188] | Solis Y Valenzuela [86498] | 1929-31 |
Volume 22 | Solis Y Valenzuela [86499] | Spiritual Manifestations [89519] | 1931-32 |
Volume 23 | Spiritual Maxims [89520] | Storrs [92256] | 1932-33 |
Volume 24 | Storrs [92257] | Ternaux-Compans [94853] | 1933-34 |
Volume 25 | Ternaux-Compans [94854] | Tucker [97361] | 1934 |
Volume 26 | Tucker [97362] | Vindex [99774] | 1935 |
Volume 27 | Vindex [99775] | Weeks [102461] | 1936 |
Volume 28 | Weeks [102462] | Witherspoon [104937] | 1936 |
Volume 29 | Witherspoon [104938] | Zwey [106413] | 1936 |
External links
- Manuscripts and Archives Division. "Bibliographical Society of America Sabin Committee records, 1923-1948". New York Public Library. (collection guide)
- Correspondence and bills from J. Sabin & Sons, 1877-1878 (with Joseph W. Drexel) in the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- "Sabin Americana, 1500–1926". Gale. Product based on Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana
- William S. Reese (1993), Pforzheimer Lecture, archived from the original on 11 January 2012,
Booksellers who have specialized in Americana