Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
The Magic of Jewels and Charms
“A Volume of Absorbing Interest.”—N. Y. Sun.
THE CURIOUS LORE OF PRECIOUS STONES
BY GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ,
A.M., Ph.D., D.Sc.
BEING A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR SENTIMENTS AND FOLKLORE, SUPERSTITIONS, SYMBOLISM, MYSTICISM, USE IN PROTECTION, PREVENTION, RELIGION AND DIVINATION, CRYSTAL GAZING, BIRTH-STONES, LUCKY STONES AND TALISMANS, ASTRAL, ZODIACAL, AND PLANETARY
With 86 illustrations in color, doubletone and line. Octavo. Handsome cloth binding, gilt top, in a box. $5.00 net. Carriage charges extra.
This work represents the observations and discoveries during twenty-five years of collecting on the part of Dr. Kunz, and will be found a rarely interesting galaxy of anecdote, research, and information upon a fascinating subject.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA
By courtesy of W. Griggs and Sons, Ltd., London. MODEL OF A HINDU LADY, ILLUSTRATING THE MODE OF WEARING JEWELRY IN NORTH INDIA From the Journal of Indian Art.
The Magic of Jewels and Charms
BY
GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ
A.M., Ph.D., D.Sc.
WITH 90 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR, DOUBLETONE AND LINE
PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. Lippincott Company
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To the Memory of
THE LATE
PROFESSOR THOMAS EGLESTON, Ph.D., LL. D.
OFFICIER DE LA LÉGION D’HONNEUR AND FOUNDER OF THE SCHOOL OF MINES, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AN ARDENT LOVER OF MINERALS, KEENLY APPRECIATIVE OF PRECIOUS STONES, AND A KINDLY FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
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