[AMERICANA--SHAKERS]. DUNLAVY, John. The Manifesto, or a Declaration of the Doctrines and Practice of the Church of Christ. Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, 1818. 8o. (Light intermittent spotting). Contemporary calf (joints cracked through, but cords sound, rubbed with some minor loss to spine-ends, no inked call number on spine). FIRST EDITION. A work widely considered to be "the definitive treatise on Shaker theology...printed by Shakers, on Shaker-made paper, and bound in full sheep by Shakers" - Richmond 517. Rare.