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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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