LEADER 03384nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910465634803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611164829 010 $a1-281-16482-8 010 $a0-19-153535-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000296088 035 $a(EBL)415259 035 $a(OCoLC)437093328 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000144020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139902 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10120050 035 $a(PQKB)10030100 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023512 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415259 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415259 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167546 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116482 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000296088 100 $a20070425d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEdmund Curll, bookseller$b[electronic resource] /$fPaul Baines and Pat Rogers 210 $aOxford $cClarendon Press ;$aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (399 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-927898-9 311 $a0-19-170000-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [324]-370) and indexes. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Beginnings (1683-1706); 2. In Business (1707-1710); 3. The Four Last Years of Queen Anne (1710-1714); 4. Trading Blows (1714-1716); 5. The Devil's Scout (1716-1718); 6. Curlicism Displayed (1717-1720); 7. Antiquities and Politics (1717-1722); 8. Trials (1722-1728); 9. Tribulations (1726-1728); 10. The Dunciad (1728-1730); 11. Going it Alone (1728-1732); 12. Covent Garden Drollery (1732-1734); 13. Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence (1734-1736); 14. Gold from Dirt (1737-1742); 15. Closing the Books (1741-1747); Afterword 327 $aAppendix 1. Curll's WillAppendix 2. Curll's Payments to Authors; Notes; Index of Curll's Publication; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y 330 $aEdmund Curll (1683-1747) was one-man publishing firm, a figure notorious in his day and something of a comic figure ever since thanks to his enmity with Alexander Pope. This is the first full scholarly biography of his life, and gives a lively, unbiased, and accurate account of Curll's varied and distinctive publishing output. - ;Edmund Curll was a notorious figure among the publishers of the early eighteenth century: for his boldness, his lack of scruple, his publication of work without author's consent, and his taste for erotic and scandalous publications. He was in legal trouble on several 606 $aBooksellers and bookselling$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aBooksellers and bookselling$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBooksellers and bookselling 615 0$aBooksellers and bookselling$xHistory 676 $a070.5092 676 $a381.45002092 700 $aBaines$b Paul$f1961-$0846566 701 $aRogers$b Pat$f1938-$0168605 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465634803321 996 $aEdmund Curll, bookseller$91891579 997 $aUNINA