A Han Roi des Tartares Divinise./Trophee…

“To Han King of the Tartars Divinized./Trophies erected on the highest mountains, which lamas worshipped there for the preservation of Men and Horses./The image of confutius…./L’amida of Japanese…”

From Denis Diderot’s, Encyclopaedia which was a monument in the history of European thought, undermining the ancien regime and heralding the French Revolution. It was a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth century knowledge. It was edited by the brilliant Denis Diderot (1713-1784).

Provenance: Wigan Public Library (stamp)

References: Printing and the Mind of Man 200.