The first of these grimoires, entitled The Focus of Life & The Papyrus of Amen-AOS, is dated 1905-6. From the addition of his bookplate, it is clear that both notebooks were at one time the property of Spare’s patron Pickford Waller. There are a number of full-page and half-page paintings and drawings other pages have embellishments, with spaces for text which clearly was to have been inserted later. These notebooks were unfortunately not completed by The early years of the 20th Century were a time of great creative ferment for Spare, and amongst the items which survive from these early years are two intriguing and sumptuous grimoires, each of which is a notebook consisting of fine pen and ink and watercolour drawings. Two Grimoires by Austin Osman Spare - set for publication in Spring/Summer 2010 Just spotted this announcement in the “Forthcoming” section in the Autumn/Winter 2009 catalog from Starfire Publishing (available as a PDF from here):
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