William Lane (bookseller)

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William Lane
Born1746
Died1814 (aged 67–68)
OccupationPublisher, 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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  1. ^ 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Granger, William (1808), "Biographical Memoirs of William Lane", Granger's New and Complete Wonderful Museum and Magazine Extraordinary, 6
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Andrew W. Tuer (1888), "Introduction", Dame and her Donkeys Five, Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press
  3. ^ "London Circulating Libraries", The Times, London, 2 September 1913, OL 14020865M
  4. ^ Autobiography of Leigh Hunt, A. Constable & Co., 1903
  5. ^ John Feltham (1807). "Circulating Libraries". Picture of London, for 1807 (8th ed.). London: Richard Phillips.
  6. ^ Monthly Magazine, 1 March 1814
  7. ^ Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, September 1858

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