Joseph Sabin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Sabin

American bibliographer

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1821

Place of Birth: Braunston, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1881

Profession: bookseller, bibliographer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Joseph Sabin (1821-1881) was a Braunston, England-born bibliographer and bookseller in Oxford, Philadelphia, and New York City.
He compiled the "stupendous" multivolume Dictionary of Books Relating to America, considered a "bibliophilic monument;" and published the American Bibliopolist, a trade magazine.
His sons Robert T.
Sabin and William W.
Sabin also worked in the bookselling business.At the sale of the library of Edward Francis Rimbault in 1877, Sabin served as an agent for Joseph W.
Drexel.