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William Lane (bookseller)

English publisher and bookseller (1746–1814)

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Overview

William Lane (1746 – 1814) was an English publisher and bookseller in London, best known now for his founding of the wildly successful Minerva Press.

Career

Around 1790, Lane established the Minerva Printing Press in Cree Church Lane, Leadenhall Street, moving to no. 31 Leadenhall Street. included Leigh Hunt. Around 1799 John Darling and Anthony King Newman joined Lane as "Lane, Darling, Newman & Co." In 1804 Lane retired and Newman took over the business. Print, trade-card (BM Heal,79.36).jpg Trade card, Lane's Circulating Library, 1793 Print, trade-card (BM Heal,79.45).jpg Trade card, Lane's Circulating Library, c. 1795 Print, trade-card (BM Heal,79.37).jpg Trade card, Lane's Circulating Library, c. 1795 Print, trade-card (BM Heal,79.46).jpg Trade card, Minerva Library, c. 1795

See also

*List of Minerva Press authors *Minerva Press

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