Edmund Curll, Bookseller

by Pat Rogers and Paul Baines

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 occasions for piracy and copyright infringement, unauthorized publication of the works of peers, and for seditious, blasphemous, and obscene publications. He stood in the pillory in 1728...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199278989
• ISBN13: 9780199278985
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"