INTERVIEW: Vasilios Zinovis
Founding Member, Board Member, and Chicago Department – Centro Studi di Bibliofilia Project Manager of Suspiriorum and Bibliotheca Daemonologica Can you present yourself ? I am a collector interested in antiquarian books, works of art, and historical material related to European cultural and religious history, with a particular focus on witchcraft, demonology, theology, and the occult. My collecting practice is shaped by travel, reading, and sustained engagement with primary historical sources. I also collect historical relics and artifacts connected to these traditions, and I collaborate with scholars and fellow collectors on projects dedicated to the study and documentation of such material. These collaborations continue to shape how I collect and understand the material I care for. How did you start to collect books or to develop an interest for art and culture ? My interest developed primarily through travel. Exposure to historical environments, museums, and collections, combined w