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Edmund Curll was a 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 biography of his life gives an account of his varied and distinctive publishing output.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baines, Paul, 1961-
Other Authors: Rogers, Pat, 1938-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Curll, Edmund, > 1675-1747.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744.
Curll, Edmund, > 1675-1747
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744
Booksellers and bookselling > England > Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling > England > History > 18th century.
Literary.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
Editors.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Booksellers and bookselling
England
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
1700-1799
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Edmund Curll was a 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 biography of his life gives an account of his varied and distinctive publishing output.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 388 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-370) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191535352
0191535354
1281164828
9781281164827
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6611164820
9780191700002
0191700002