Joseph Sabin (9 December 1821—5 June 1881) was a
Braunston, England-born
bibliographer
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and bookseller in
Oxford
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, Philadelphia, and
New York City
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. He compiled the "stupendous" multivolume ''Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America'', considered a "bibliophilic monument;" and published the ''American Bibliopolist'', a
trade magazine
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.
His sons Robert T. Sabin and William W. Sabin also worked in the bookselling business.
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.
[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.]
See also
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Books in the United States
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References
Further reading
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''Bibliotheca Americana''
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via Hathi Trust
External links
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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
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* Product based on Sabin's ''Bibliotheca Americana''
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Bookstores in Manhattan
1821 births
1881 deaths
People from Braunston
Bibliographers