. . . "Edmund Curll (1675 circa \u2013 Londra, 11 dicembre 1747) \u00E8 stato un editore inglese. A causa degli attacchi sferrati contro di lui da Alexander Pope, il nome di Curll \u00E8 diventato sinonimo di pubblicazioni e forme di pubblicit\u00E0 senza scrupoli. Curll pass\u00F2 dalla miseria alla ricchezza grazie proprio al suo tipo di pubblicazioni, e al modo mercenario e disimpegnato in cui intese l'editoria. Curll gest\u00EC un piccolo impero di tipografie, guadagnando sugli scandali, le pubblicazioni pornografiche, vendendo medicinali di oscura fattura e millantata efficacia, ed utilizzando ogni forma di pubblicit\u00E0. Curll pubblic\u00F2 opere sia di valore che di infimo ordine, purch\u00E9 ci fosse possibilit\u00E0 di vendite. Era originario dell'Inghilterra sud-occidentale, figlio di un commerciante. Nel 1698, inizi\u00F2 la sua carriera come apprendista presso un libraio di Londra."@it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll"@fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll"@it . . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll"@es . . . "1110376398"^^ . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "297215"^^ . . . "17260"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll (n\u00E9 vers 1675 - mort le 11 d\u00E9cembre 1747) est un libraire et un \u00E9diteur britannique du d\u00E9but du XVIIIe si\u00E8cle. En raison notamment des attaques formul\u00E9es par Alexander Pope dans La Dunciade, le nom de Curll est aujourd'hui associ\u00E9 \u00E0 la publicit\u00E9 mensong\u00E8re et \u00E0 l'absence de scrupules. Curll passe de la pauvret\u00E9 \u00E0 la richesse en entrant dans le monde de l'\u00E9dition, o\u00F9 il use de m\u00E9thodes encore in\u00E9dites. En misant sur les grands scandales publics, en publiant des ouvrages pornographiques, en offrant de faux rem\u00E8des m\u00E9dicaux, il b\u00E2tit un petit empire de maisons d'\u00E9dition. Edmund Curll publie indiff\u00E9remment des ouvrages m\u00E9diocres ou de qualit\u00E9, la seule condition essentielle \u00E9tant qu'ils se vendent bien. Edmund Curll aurait \u00E9t\u00E9 condamn\u00E9, \u00E0 avoir les oreilles coup\u00E9es : apr\u00E8s avoir publi\u00E9 le livre \"The Nun in her Smock\" : (connu dans l'original fran\u00E7ais comme : \"V\u00E9nus dans le clo\u00EEtre, ou la religieuse en chemise\" (1683) : est une \u0153uvre de fiction \u00E9rotique, \u00E9crite par l' abb\u00E9 du Prat , qui est un pseudonyme pour un auteur inconnu . Les candidats pour qui cela pourrait \u00EAtre incluent Jean Barrin (1640 \u00E0 Rennes - 7/9/1718 \u00E0 Nantes ) et Fran\u00E7ois de Chavigny de La Bretonni\u00E8re."@fr . . . . "Edmund Curll (c. 1675 \u2013 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 (c. 1675 \u2013 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 ingl\u00E9s de principios del siglo XVIII. Despu\u00E9s de los numerosos ataques pronunciados por Alexander Pope en su obra The Dunciade, el nombre de Curll est\u00E1 asociado a la falsa publicidad y a la ausencia de escr\u00FApulos. Curll pas\u00F3 de la pobreza a la riqueza al entrar en el mundo de la edici\u00F3n donde utiliz\u00F3 m\u00E9todos que por aquel entonces eran in\u00E9ditos. Apost\u00F3 por los esc\u00E1ndalos p\u00FAblicos, public\u00F3 obras pornogr\u00E1ficas y ofreci\u00F3 falsos remedios medicinales, lo que le permiti\u00F3 erigir un peque\u00F1o imperio editorial."@es . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll (n\u00E9 vers 1675 - mort le 11 d\u00E9cembre 1747) est un libraire et un \u00E9diteur britannique du d\u00E9but du XVIIIe si\u00E8cle. En raison notamment des attaques formul\u00E9es par Alexander Pope dans La Dunciade, le nom de Curll est aujourd'hui associ\u00E9 \u00E0 la publicit\u00E9 mensong\u00E8re et \u00E0 l'absence de scrupules. Curll passe de la pauvret\u00E9 \u00E0 la richesse en entrant dans le monde de l'\u00E9dition, o\u00F9 il use de m\u00E9thodes encore in\u00E9dites. En misant sur les grands scandales publics, en publiant des ouvrages pornographiques, en offrant de faux rem\u00E8des m\u00E9dicaux, il b\u00E2tit un petit empire de maisons d'\u00E9dition."@fr . . "Edmund Curll (1675 - 11 de diciembre de 1747) fue un librero y editor ingl\u00E9s de principios del siglo XVIII. Despu\u00E9s de los numerosos ataques pronunciados por Alexander Pope en su obra The Dunciade, el nombre de Curll est\u00E1 asociado a la falsa publicidad y a la ausencia de escr\u00FApulos. Curll pas\u00F3 de la pobreza a la riqueza al entrar en el mundo de la edici\u00F3n donde utiliz\u00F3 m\u00E9todos que por aquel entonces eran in\u00E9ditos. Apost\u00F3 por los esc\u00E1ndalos p\u00FAblicos, public\u00F3 obras pornogr\u00E1ficas y ofreci\u00F3 falsos remedios medicinales, lo que le permiti\u00F3 erigir un peque\u00F1o imperio editorial. Curll public\u00F3 de forma indistinta obras mediocres y de calidad, buscando como \u00FAnica condici\u00F3n que fueran obras que se vendieran con facilidad."@es . . . . . . . . . . "Edmund Curll (1675 circa \u2013 Londra, 11 dicembre 1747) \u00E8 stato un editore inglese. A causa degli attacchi sferrati contro di lui da Alexander Pope, il nome di Curll \u00E8 diventato sinonimo di pubblicazioni e forme di pubblicit\u00E0 senza scrupoli. Era originario dell'Inghilterra sud-occidentale, figlio di un commerciante. Nel 1698, inizi\u00F2 la sua carriera come apprendista presso un libraio di Londra."@it . . . . .