About this Edition
What this site is, and how the book was brought online
This site is the complete 1909 book A Book of Precious Stones by Julius Wodiska, published in New York, presented page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. Nothing has been cut or softened; where the editors add anything of our own, it is clearly marked as a dated editor’s note.
The photographic plates are reproduced from the original printing. The features on the home page — the Jewel Vault, the birthstone finder, the quizzes — are our own additions, built from the book’s text and clearly separate from it.
A Book of Precious Stones (1909) is in the public domain in the United States. This digital edition (its transcription, restored plates, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI; any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours. The underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.