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Edmund Curll (c. 1675 – 11 December 1747) was an English bookseller and publisher. His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by Alexander Pope, with unscrupulous publication and publicity. Curll rose from poverty to wealth through his publishing, and he did this by approaching book printing in a mercenary and unscrupulous manner. By cashing in on scandals, publishing pornography, offering up patent medicine, using all publicity as good publicity, he managed a small empire of printing houses. He would publish high and low quality writing alike, so long as it sold. He was born in the West Country, and his late and incomplete recollections (in The Curliad) say that his father was a tradesman. He was an apprentice to a London bookseller in 1698 when he began his career.

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  • Edmund Curll (c. 1675 – 11 December 1747) was an English bookseller and publisher. His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by Alexander Pope, with unscrupulous publication and publicity. Curll rose from poverty to wealth through his publishing, and he did this by approaching book printing in a mercenary and unscrupulous manner. By cashing in on scandals, publishing pornography, offering up patent medicine, using all publicity as good publicity, he managed a small empire of printing houses. He would publish high and low quality writing alike, so long as it sold. He was born in the West Country, and his late and incomplete recollections (in The Curliad) say that his father was a tradesman. He was an apprentice to a London bookseller in 1698 when he began his career. (en)
  • Edmund Curll (1675 - 11 de diciembre de 1747) fue un librero y editor inglés de principios del siglo XVIII. Después de los numerosos ataques pronunciados por Alexander Pope en su obra The Dunciade, el nombre de Curll está asociado a la falsa publicidad y a la ausencia de escrúpulos. Curll pasó de la pobreza a la riqueza al entrar en el mundo de la edición donde utilizó métodos que por aquel entonces eran inéditos. Apostó por los escándalos públicos, publicó obras pornográficas y ofreció falsos remedios medicinales, lo que le permitió erigir un pequeño imperio editorial. Curll publicó de forma indistinta obras mediocres y de calidad, buscando como única condición que fueran obras que se vendieran con facilidad. (es)
  • Edmund Curll (né vers 1675 - mort le 11 décembre 1747) est un libraire et un éditeur britannique du début du XVIIIe siècle. En raison notamment des attaques formulées par Alexander Pope dans La Dunciade, le nom de Curll est aujourd'hui associé à la publicité mensongère et à l'absence de scrupules. Curll passe de la pauvreté à la richesse en entrant dans le monde de l'édition, où il use de méthodes encore inédites. En misant sur les grands scandales publics, en publiant des ouvrages pornographiques, en offrant de faux remèdes médicaux, il bâtit un petit empire de maisons d'édition. Edmund Curll publie indifféremment des ouvrages médiocres ou de qualité, la seule condition essentielle étant qu'ils se vendent bien. Edmund Curll aurait été condamné, à avoir les oreilles coupées : après avoir publié le livre "The Nun in her Smock" : (connu dans l'original français comme : "Vénus dans le cloître, ou la religieuse en chemise" (1683) : est une œuvre de fiction érotique, écrite par l' abbé du Prat , qui est un pseudonyme pour un auteur inconnu . Les candidats pour qui cela pourrait être incluent Jean Barrin (1640 à Rennes - 7/9/1718 à Nantes ) et François de Chavigny de La Bretonnière. (fr)
  • Edmund Curll (1675 circa – Londra, 11 dicembre 1747) è stato un editore inglese. A causa degli attacchi sferrati contro di lui da Alexander Pope, il nome di Curll è diventato sinonimo di pubblicazioni e forme di pubblicità senza scrupoli. Curll passò dalla miseria alla ricchezza grazie proprio al suo tipo di pubblicazioni, e al modo mercenario e disimpegnato in cui intese l'editoria. Curll gestì un piccolo impero di tipografie, guadagnando sugli scandali, le pubblicazioni pornografiche, vendendo medicinali di oscura fattura e millantata efficacia, ed utilizzando ogni forma di pubblicità. Curll pubblicò opere sia di valore che di infimo ordine, purché ci fosse possibilità di vendite. Era originario dell'Inghilterra sud-occidentale, figlio di un commerciante. Nel 1698, iniziò la sua carriera come apprendista presso un libraio di Londra. (it)
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  • Edmund Curll (c. 1675 – 11 December 1747) was an English bookseller and publisher. His name has become synonymous, through the attacks on him by Alexander Pope, with unscrupulous publication and publicity. Curll rose from poverty to wealth through his publishing, and he did this by approaching book printing in a mercenary and unscrupulous manner. By cashing in on scandals, publishing pornography, offering up patent medicine, using all publicity as good publicity, he managed a small empire of printing houses. He would publish high and low quality writing alike, so long as it sold. He was born in the West Country, and his late and incomplete recollections (in The Curliad) say that his father was a tradesman. He was an apprentice to a London bookseller in 1698 when he began his career. (en)
  • Edmund Curll (1675 - 11 de diciembre de 1747) fue un librero y editor inglés de principios del siglo XVIII. Después de los numerosos ataques pronunciados por Alexander Pope en su obra The Dunciade, el nombre de Curll está asociado a la falsa publicidad y a la ausencia de escrúpulos. Curll pasó de la pobreza a la riqueza al entrar en el mundo de la edición donde utilizó métodos que por aquel entonces eran inéditos. Apostó por los escándalos públicos, publicó obras pornográficas y ofreció falsos remedios medicinales, lo que le permitió erigir un pequeño imperio editorial. (es)
  • Edmund Curll (1675 circa – Londra, 11 dicembre 1747) è stato un editore inglese. A causa degli attacchi sferrati contro di lui da Alexander Pope, il nome di Curll è diventato sinonimo di pubblicazioni e forme di pubblicità senza scrupoli. Era originario dell'Inghilterra sud-occidentale, figlio di un commerciante. Nel 1698, iniziò la sua carriera come apprendista presso un libraio di Londra. (it)
  • Edmund Curll (né vers 1675 - mort le 11 décembre 1747) est un libraire et un éditeur britannique du début du XVIIIe siècle. En raison notamment des attaques formulées par Alexander Pope dans La Dunciade, le nom de Curll est aujourd'hui associé à la publicité mensongère et à l'absence de scrupules. Curll passe de la pauvreté à la richesse en entrant dans le monde de l'édition, où il use de méthodes encore inédites. En misant sur les grands scandales publics, en publiant des ouvrages pornographiques, en offrant de faux remèdes médicaux, il bâtit un petit empire de maisons d'édition. (fr)
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