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The Art of the Grimoire: An Illustrated History of Magic Books and Spells by Owen Davies Glass Domes showcasing the world’s finest collectionsGrimoires, textbooks of magic and occult knowledge, have existed through the ages alongside other magic and religious texts in part because of the need to create a physical record of magical phenomena, but also to enact magic through spells and rituals. To understand the history of these texts is to understand the influence of the major religions, the development of early science, the cultural influence of print, the growth of literacy, the social