Sams, Joseph (1776?–1860); antiquarian bookseller, Darlington, Prospect Place, 10 Prebend Row 1834-60; sale catalogue, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books in Various Languages..., 3 pts (London, 1822-6), the Bodleian copy of pts 1 and 2 (shelfmark: 2593 e.85) having two manuscript lists inserted at the end, both in the same hand, apparently that of Sams himself, one (fols 1-5) entitled `Books printed in the 15th century not in the catalogue', the second (fols 6-7) entitled `Books printed by the Alduses not in the catalogue'; another catalogue was also produced in the 1840s; his books and manuscripts were sold by Puttick and Simpson, 2 Nov. 1860; see Boase III 397, who gives his date of birth as 1784; DNB also gives this date of birth; C. J. Hunt, The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860 (Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1975), 81; P. J. Wallis, The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860: A Supplement to C. J. Hunt's Biographical Dictionary (Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1981), 41. ♦ Categorisation: Type: Person. Gender: Unknown. Dates: 1776 to unknown year. Period: 18th century.

14 entries:

• A-582(1) Augustinus Hipponensis — Manuale (shorter version). — [Alost: Thierry Martens, not after 28 Feb. 1487]. 4°.
• B-016(1) Balbus, Johannes — Catholicon. — Lyons: Jean Du Pré, 26 Sept. 1492. Folio.
• B-036(1) Baptista Mantuanus — Parthenice prima, sive Mariana. — [Paris: Georg Wolf and] Thielman Kerver, for Jean Petit [and Johann de Koblenz, after 15 Oct. 1499]. 4°.
• B-040(1) Baptista Mantuanus — Parthenice secunda, sive Catharinaria. — [Paris: Georg Wolf and] Thielman Kerver, for Jean Petit [and Johann de Koblenz, between 5 Aug. 1499 and 13 Jan 1500]. 4°.
• B-079(1) Bartholomaeus de Chaimis — Confessionale. — Milan: Dominicus de Vespolate and Jacobus de Marliano, 21 Nov. 1478. 8°.
• C-230(1) Cicero, Marcus Tullius — De oratore. — [Venice]: Christophorus Valdarfer, 1470. Folio.
• C-473(1) Crastonus, Johannes — Lexicon Graeco-latinum. — Modena: Dionysius Bertochus, 1499-1500. Folio.
• E-039(1) Eusebius Caesariensis — Chronicon. — [Milan]: Philippus de Lavagnia, [c.1474-5]. 4°.
• J-221(2) Josephus, Flavius — De Antiquitate judaica contra Apionem, et al. (ed. Ludovicus Cendrata). — Verona: Petrus Maufer, 25 Dec. 1480. Folio.
• M-219(1) Milis, Johannes Nicolaus de — Repertorium iuris. — Louvain: Johannes de Westfalia, 29 Apr. 1475. Folio.
• P-536(1) Publicius, Jacobus — Ars oratoria, ars epistolandi et ars memorativa. — Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 30 Nov. 1482. 4°.
• R-111(1) Rolewinck, Werner — Fasciculus temporum. — Venice: Georgius Walch, 1479. Folio.
• S-001(1) Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius — Decades rerum Venetarum. — Venice: Andreas Torresanus de Asula, 21 May 1487. Folio.
• S-353(1) Sulpitius Verulanus, Johannes — Commentariolus in Quintilianum de compositionis ratione. — Rome: Eucharius Silber, 22 Oct. 1487. 4°.

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