American Antique Weather Vanes - 1883 Westervelt Catalog Reprint / Scarce Book

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AMERICAN ANTIQUE WEATHERVANES
by A.B. & W.T. Westervelt, Dover Publications, Inc. N.Y., 1882.
This book is a reproduction of the complete illustrated Westervelt catalog of 1883.  Makers of weather vanes, the Westervelt company of New York issued its specialty catalog, showing more than 550 copper weather vanes and finials.  “This excellent primary source by one of the principal manufacturers of American weather vanes offers an extraordinarily wide range of styles and motifs, including:  horse with sulky and driver, animals such as roosters, cows, bulls, dogs, sheep, fish, oxen and lion.  Other items feature locomotive and tender, Indian chief, ocean steamer, gun and cap, goddess of liberty, Roman banneret and scroll, and a malter’s shovel and brew barrel…. Vanes are illustrated with line engravings especially well suited to reproduction (all copy-right free) and are accompanied by relevant information on size, materials and original prices.  Indispensable for the architect, antique collector, and historian, this collection of authentic weather vane designs will also prove to be an usually rich source of copyright-free art and graphic inspiration for the artist, designer and craftsman.”
6 x 9”  softback in very good condition.  102 pages.
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