{"title":"Roland Villeneuve","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoland Villeneuve (1907–1993) was a French author and specialist in demonology, esotericism and the history of the supernatural. His published works, among them \u003cem\u003eLa Bête du Gévaudan\u003c\/em\u003e (1965), \u003cem\u003eLe Diable dans l'art\u003c\/em\u003e (1957), and \u003cem\u003eL'Univers diabolique\u003c\/em\u003e (Albin Michel, 1972), drew on deep archival research into diabolism, witchcraft and the iconography of evil across European cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis library of approximately 700 volumes, together with manuscripts, correspondence and iconographic material, was acquired by the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris, establishing his collection as a primary reference resource in the field. In 1972, Librairie-Galerie L'Envers du Miroir presented a signing of \u003cem\u003eL'Univers diabolique\u003c\/em\u003e alongside an exhibition of dessins fantastiques by MIKA, situating his work within a programme connecting Surrealism, fantastic art and esoteric publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/roland-villeneuve.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}