Lane, William
William Lane (1746 - 1814) was a British bookseller and publisher active during the late 18th century. Lan began his Circulating Library in 1774, to which people paid subscriptions. He then established the Minerva Press around 1790, which is remembered for creating a substantial market in sentimental and Gothic fiction. Two partners, Anthony King Newman and John Darling, joined the press around 1799. After Lane retired in 1804, Newman took over direction of Minerva Press, and dropped that name in favor of an 'A. K. Newman and Co.' imprint during the 1820s.
'The Modern Beheading Machine.'
Massacre of the French King! View of La Guillotine; or the Modern Beheading Machine, at Paris.
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This is a 1793 William Lane broadside decrying the execution the French King Louis XVI while at the same time extolling the terrible industrial modernism of the guillotine itself. The author is justly horrified by the violence of the 'Reign of Terror' but at the same time macabrely fascinated with modern industrial efficiency of the 'killing machine.' (more details)