This is the second edition of ta smaller in size of the book which was first published in 1970. It is the first edition of this larger size presentation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Every page and the cover have a central background of white paint overlaid with collage elements, paint and writings. An ink border has been drawn on every page suggesting that the collages were made separately and then assembled as a book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Two sections of the book have several pages pasted together that create a base for two collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Some of the images of the collages are erotic in content. The loose sheets consist of a title page and an index. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title translated into English means, The Circle of Demoniacal Recollections. The book has an appearance of an ancient one owing to the vellum binding with leather thongs. Caruso has used white paint for the written text making its reading difficult. There is a round perforation through all the pages, 7 cm in diameter, that exposes a crystal stone collaged onto the inside back cover. Several styles of calligraphy on the pages have been employed by Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The content of this book is almost wholly calligraphic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book is written in a free, experimental, calligraphic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was exhibited in one of pete spence's 1999 correspondence art shows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book wholly consists of calligraphic text in several styles. The utilization of heavily built-up paint on the one hand and sparkles on the other to form letters of the words is unusual in artist books genre. The words are written onto tissue paper of pink, green, purple, red and blue colored stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work was exhibited in one of pete spence's correspondence art shows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition was intended to provide an overview of poesia visiva in Italy 1960-1990. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes a visual poetic portrait of J.J. Lebel fom a series held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

LC refers to Luciano Caruso and SP to Sonia Pucchetti, his wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This production was edited by Luciano Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.