William Lane (bookseller)
William Lane (1746-1814) was a publisher and bookseller in London in the late 18th century.[1] Around 1790 he established the Minerva Printing Press in Cree Church Lane, Leadenhall Street, moving ca.1792 to no. 31 Leadenhall Street.[2] The Minerva Press issued works by Courtney Melmoth and others.[1] Subscribers to Lane's Circulating Library (established circa 1774)[3] included Leigh Hunt.[4][nb 1] Around 1799 John Darling and Anthony King Newman joined Lane as "Lane, Darling, Newman & Co."[2] In 1804 Lane retired and Newman took over the business.[6][7]
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| Born | 1746 |
| Died | 1814 (aged 67–68) |
| Occupation | Publisher, bookseller |
Notes
- Competitors included circulating libraries of John Booth, Carpenter, Cawthorn, Cheesewright, Creighton, Thomas Dangerfield, Dutton, William Earle, Thomas Hookham, David Ogilvy, Parson, Tegg, and Thomas Vernor.[5]
References
- Granger, William (1808), "Biographical Memoirs of William Lane", Granger's New and Complete Wonderful Museum and Magazine Extraordinary, 6
- Andrew W. Tuer (1888), "Introduction", Dame and her Donkeys Five, Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press
- "London Circulating Libraries", The Times, London, 2 September 1913, OL 14020865M
- Autobiography of Leigh Hunt, A. Constable & Co., 1903
- John Feltham (1807). "Circulating Libraries". Picture of London, for 1807 (8th ed.). London: Richard Phillips.
- Monthly Magazine, 1 March 1814
- Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, September 1858
External links
- "Circulating Libraries", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, 1860
- Ian Maxted (2007), "William Lane", The London Book Trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members, Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History
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