The Attribution of Books to Publishers: Edmund Curll and the Memoirs of John Macky.
The article discusses the attribution of authorship in relation to the working methods of bookseller Edmund Curll. He worked with a variety of printers, all of whom operated extensively with a number of other publishers. The "Handlist" implicitly suggests a connection between "Memoirs of the Secret...
| Published in: | Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America Vol. 102; no. 1; pp. 29 - 61 |
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University of Chicago Press
Mar2008
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| Summary: | The article discusses the attribution of authorship in relation to the working methods of bookseller Edmund Curll. He worked with a variety of printers, all of whom operated extensively with a number of other publishers. The "Handlist" implicitly suggests a connection between "Memoirs of the Secret Service of John Macky, Esq." by John Macky and Curll. Various pieces of evidence, however, have come to light which indicate that Curll took the major share in publication. |
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