Joseph Sabin
Joseph Sabin | |
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| Born | 9 December 1821 |
| Died | 5 June 1881 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Bibliographer, writer |
Joseph Sabin (9 December 1821—5 June 1881) was a Braunston, England-born bibliographer and bookseller in Oxford, Philadelphia, and New York City. 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.
Sabin was apprenticed to a bookdealer in Oxford in 1821 to learn bookbinding and established a partnership as a bookseller. He married his partner's sister and was father to two sons.