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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 £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 £100,000 (about £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 Title, Z to A

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