The Shaker Collection of Erhart Muller
Description:
Shaker Books and Pamphlets, Compositions, and Clippings of Shaker Articles, including: Original Shaker Music, Volume II, North Family, Mount Lebanon, 1893; two copies of Shakers Compendium of the Origin, History, Principles, Rules and Regulations, Government, and Doctrines, by F.W. Evans, 1859; Two Years' Experience Among the Shakers, by David R. Lamson, 1848; two copies of Sketches of Shakers and Shakerism (pamphlet) Albany, 1883; A Shaker's Answer to the Oft-Repeated Question (pamphlet), Boston, 1874; Vegetarianism Among Shakers (pamphlet) republished from The Counsellor, North Family, Mount Lebanon, New York.
Estimate $150-250
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David R. Lamson
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