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Lawyer, bibliophile, administrator of the department of research and study of ancient books of Bibliophiles (Section of Florence), member of the Aldus Club, international association of bibliophilia, co-founder of the exhibition Suspiriorum.
His love for books began when he was a child with a passion, in particular, for books of ancient and local history, for detective novels and science fiction and for the novels of Charles Dickens.
Over the years he approached the world of ancient books, collecting especially ancient books (but also modern) on the occult, demonology, witchcraft, vampirism, but also on palmistry and astrology.
Among the many important ancient works on the subject in his collection we find the Grimoire of Pope Honorius, De la Demonomanie des Sorciers by Bodin from 1582, the Disquisitionum magicarum by Martin Delrio, the Trinum magicum by Cesare Longino. And again, the Nocturnal Congress of the Lammie by Tartarotti, the Dissertations on the apparitions of spirits and on vampires or revenants of Hungary and Moravia by Calmet and the first edition of the Dissertations on vampires by Davanzati. Furthermore, his private collection, consisting of more than five hundred copies ranging from 1481 to the early 1800s, also includes works on the plague, history (especially local, in particular on the Kingdom of Naples and Cilento), militaria, alchemy and medicinal remedies, emblems and foreign and Italian literature, such as a sixteenth-century edition of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in the so-called "nasone" edition and the famous forty-year-old edition of Alessandro Manzoni's Promessi Sposi.

Librarian. Head of the library and head of the cataloging office for ancient and modern books of the Library of the Congregation of the Benedictine Sisters of Montis Virginis in Italy.
Qualified librarian with recognition of professional qualification provided for by Italian Law no. 4/2013.
Professional in services for public and private libraries. Since 2024 curator of the exhibition "Witches - Meeting under the magic walnut tree" and "Supiriorum - demonology through ancient books".
Head of the research and study group LRA Department Paris for Bibliophiles. Consultant and expert in ancient books for Olimpia.
Collector of books on the Inquisition, witchcraft and demonology. Bibliophile, blogger and podcaster with over 100 thousand followers on Instagram.
Member of numerous Italian and international bibliophile associations including the Rotary Fellowship of Old and Rare Antique Books and Prints and of an Italian occult and esoteric study center. Member of the Accademia dei Dogliosi founded in 1620 (the oldest cultural institution in the city of Avellino). Project leader SIA - Storia d' Irpinia Antica. Member and demonologist at Wierturm - Demonologists. Research and studies "Johannes Wier" - International Blog. My research work develops on religious studies and more specifically in the so-called "demonology" or study of beliefs regarding spirits and demons spread within religious and/or popular traditions and which consist in the belief that there are supernatural, evil and powerful beings capable of influencing human events. In this field of research I analyze the history of the Inquisition and trials related to the world of witchcraft through written sources.
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Vasilios Zinovis is an expert in occult books, demonology and vampirism.
He is also the co-founder of the Suspiriorum exhibition.
A collector and keeper of supernaturalis, his collection is comprised of medieval artifacts, art, antiquarian books, and religious relics. Antiquarian artifacts are his passion, as he lives to be surrounded by the beauty, creativity, and art that is a testament to humanism. Vasilios is also an artist, photographer, artisan, and antique restorer. He continues to work towards curating his evolving antiquarian book collection. Vasilios has curated two exhibitions: “The Exhibition of the Vampyr Nusquam Resurrecturi,” and “Ancient Mystical Sator Square.” His many travels allow him to be inspired, collect, discover, and drive his insatiable curiosity.

Dr Julia Martins (she/her) is a historian of medicine and gender, focusing on the history of the body. She has a YouTube channel and a blog called Living History, and she is also an activist and an unapologetic bookworm (she is the host of My Body, My Book Club - a feminist book club).

Enrico Callegher studied at the Liceo Artistico Statale in Venice, specializing in the restoration and cataloguing of cultural heritage, with a particular focus on the restoration of medieval and Renaissance ceramics. Enrico has attended courses in "Introduction to the study of ancient manuscripts" and "Description and conservation of ancient books" at SPES (School of paleography and history), Centro Studi S. Rosa Onlus. He has also traveled to visit exhibitions related to the world of ancient books and engraving, such as "Renaissance in black and white. The art of engraving in Venice (1494-1615)", "Imprimer! L'Europe de Gutenberg" at the BnF in Paris, "The art of war: Treatises and manuals of military architecture and militia in the collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense" and "ALDO MANUZIO. The Renaissance in Venice". He collects curious and fascinating texts on subjects such as magic, alchemy, secrets and recipes. Among these, there are works such as "Dissertations on the apparitions of spirits and vampires" by Augustin Calmet and "De' secreti universali raccolta, et esperimentati da Florian Canale". His collection also includes particular poems and stories, such as "La gigantea et La nanea, insieme con La guerra de' Mostri" by Girolamo Amelonghi and Benedetto Arrighi, "La Cicceide Legitima" by Lazzarelli, or the works of Pietro Aretino.

Lawyer and lecturer from Malta, currently reading for a PhD in private international law at the University of Groningen. I have been collecting books on Malta and the Order of St John since 2007. I have also written two books on prohibited literature in the eighteenth century.

Graduated in History and Philology at the State University of Milan, scholar of the history of ancient books and their relationships with cultural influences. Graduated in Latin codicology, he also studied the manuscript book, its materials and methods of presentation. Creator of Ipercrisia, a YouTube channel for cultural purposes in which to spread the history and curiosities of ancient books.