William Lane (1746 – 1814) was an English publisher and bookseller in London, best known now for his founding of the wildly successful Minerva Press.
[1] Around 1790, Lane established the Minerva Printing Press in Cree Church Lane, Leadenhall Street, moving c. 1792 to no.
[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.