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Beyond a ‘Mr Joseph Sayer, ''Surgeon''. [[location::London]]’ appearing in the list of subscribers to Benjamin Martin’s ''Bibliotheca technologica'' (1737),  the identity of the owner of the bookplate listed below is unclear. He was possibly the Joseph Sayer, son of [[family::Peter Sayer]] of [[location::Wallingford, Berkshire]], who matriculated at [[education::Gloucester Hall, Oxford]] in 1710 and gained a B.A. in 1713, an M.A. from [[education::Worcester College]] in 1717 and a B.Med. in 1719.
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Other than a ‘Mr Joseph Sayer, ''Surgeon''. [[location::London]]’ appearing in the list of subscribers to Benjamin Martin’s ''Bibliotheca technologica'' (1737),  the identity of the owner of the bookplate listed below is unclear. He was possibly the Joseph Sayer, son of [[family::Peter Sayer]] of [[location::Wallingford, Berkshire]], who matriculated at [[education::Gloucester Hall, Oxford]] in 1710 and gained a B.A. in 1713, an M.A. from [[education::Worcester College]] in 1717 and a B.Med. in 1719.
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Revision as of 01:34, 13 April 2021


Joseph SAYER fl. ca.1737

Biographical Note

Other than a ‘Mr Joseph Sayer, Surgeon. London’ appearing in the list of subscribers to Benjamin Martin’s Bibliotheca technologica (1737), the identity of the owner of the bookplate listed below is unclear. He was possibly the Joseph Sayer, son of Peter Sayer of Wallingford, Berkshire, who matriculated at Gloucester Hall, Oxford in 1710 and gained a B.A. in 1713, an M.A. from Worcester College in 1717 and a B.Med. in 1719.

Books

An engraved armorial bookplate (‘Josephus Sayer, Chirurgus Londinensis’) is in the Franks Collection: 26193. No further evidence of books owned by him has yet been found.

Sources

  • Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714.
  • Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.