National Library of Scotland

Biography: The Advocates Library in Edinburgh was founded in the early 1680s, and formally opened in 1689. It became a legal deposit library under the 1710 Copyright Act, and also added to its collections with purchases. By the 1920s, the upkeep was too much for a private body, so, with an endowment of 拢100,000 from Sir Alexander Grant of Forres, the library was presented to the nation. It was formally constituted by Act of Parliament in 1925. Sir Alexander Grant donated a further 拢100,000 (about 拢3m today) for a building on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh, which was completed in 1956.
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Book List

1 Item Ordered by Year, latest to earliest

Owner (other form of name)	Book Title	Author	Publication Place	Date
National Library of Scotland	Letters of publication of a commission under the Great Seal, for securing the peace of the Highlands of Scotland.	Great Britain. Royal Commission for Securing the Peace of the Highlands of Scotland, 1701-02.	Edinburgh	1701