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Alnwick Scientific and Mechanical Institution. Fine Art Exhibition in Corn Exchange Alnwick November 1882 Collection of Coins Eggs of Farne Islands Native and Foreign Curiosities &c. &c. collected and exhibited by Mr. J. J. Horsley Alnwick.
réf. 83331882. Alnwick: Printed by C. E. Moore. 12mo 11 pp. Stitched and unbound. First and last leaves loose otherwise in fair condition on lightly-aged paper with grubby title. The section of 'Eggs of the Farne Islands' consists of fifteen entries on pp.8-9 from '1. Eider or St. Cuthbert's Duck Somateria mollissima' to '15. Rock Pipit Anthus aquaticus Case of Puffins and Young.' This section is followed by a curious 'Miscellaneous Collection' including 'Ivy Leaves from Thorwaldsen's Grave Copenhagen' 'Cegars from Coomassie Ashantee 1874' and ' "A Duel" made from the claws etc. of Crayfish Astacus fluviatilus at Strasbourg 26th July 1879 and given to exhibitor'. Item 30 is a ' "Knuckle Duster" ' first recorded use of the term. Final section includes oil paintings by T. H. Gibb Percy Forster and F. Melville. The only copy on COPAC at Newcastle. See Image. 1882. Alnwick: Printed by C. E. Moore. unknown
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