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.

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.g