William Lane (1746–1814) was a publisher and bookseller in
London
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in the late 18th century best known now for his founding of the wildly successful
Minerva Press
Minerva Press was a publishing house, noted for creating a lucrative market in sentimental and Gothic fiction in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It was established by William Lane (c. 1745–1814) at No 33 Leadenhall Street, Lon ...
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Career
Around 1790 Lane established the
Minerva Printing Press in Cree Church Lane,
Leadenhall Street, moving ca.1792 to no. 31 Leadenhall Street.
The Minerva Press issued works by
Courtney Melmoth and others.
Subscribers to Lane's Circulating Library (established circa 1774) included
Leigh Hunt
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Hunt co-founded '' The Examiner'', a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles. He was the centre ...
. 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.
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List of Minerva Press authors
This is an alphabetical list of authors who published at Minerva Press, or with William Lane before he coined the name, between the founding of the press in 1790 and 1820 or so when Lane's successor, A. K. Newman, dropped "Minerva" from the co ...
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Minerva Press
Minerva Press was a publishing house, noted for creating a lucrative market in sentimental and Gothic fiction in the late 18th century and early 19th century. It was established by William Lane (c. 1745–1814) at No 33 Leadenhall Street, Lon ...
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Publishers (people) from London
English booksellers
Commercial circulating libraries
1746 births
1814 deaths
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