This meticulous reprint of Westervelt's extensively illustrated 1883 catalog includes more than 550 illustrations of copper weathervanes and finials. This excellent primary source by one of the principal manufacturers of American weathervanes offers an extraordinarily wide range of styles and motifs.... read more
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This meticulous reprint of Westervelt's extensively illustrated 1883 catalog includes more than 550 illustrations of copper weathervanes and finials. This excellent primary source by one of the principal manufacturers of American weathervanes offers an extraordinarily wide range of styles and motifs. Publisher's Note.
Reprint of the A. B. & W. T. Westervelt, 1883 edition.
This book was printed in the United States of America.
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