[Judaica]. Alden, C. B. Historical Lectures. [N.p., 1840 or 41.]

[JUDAICA]

C. B. ALDEN. HISTORIC LECTURES, EMBRACING A SYNOPSIS OF THE JOURNEY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THROUGH THE WILDERNESS. [N. P., 1840–41]

Broadside (12 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.; 321 x 232 mm). Date and location of lectures accomplished in ink (28 October 1841, Congregational Church vestry); some browning, ink notations on verso bleeding through in upper right corner.

An unusual and unrecorded broadside. The text lists transparencies of dozens of scenes from Exodus. The "Camera Obscura" was probably a magic lantern, "the only instrument of the kind in the United States. Each view will occupy a space of 80 square feet." The text includes testimonials from noted Connecticut ministers and men from Whitehall, New York, dated 12 September 1840.