Anglo-American bibliographer (1821–1881)
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]
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
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (9th ed.). 1889.
- ^ Trow's New York City Directory. J.F. Trow. 1872. p. 998.
Nassau Street
- ^ 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
- ^ "Death of Joseph Sabin", New York Times, 1881
- ^ 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.
- ^ Donna Dennis (2009). Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York. Harvard University Press. 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, OCLC 2017974, 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. hdl:2027/mdp.39015033668214.
- 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; 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.
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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
