Buth; c’est un Jeune Homme Furieux qui tue tous ceux qu’il rencontre./ Manipa idole, ou divinite de Lassa, a laquelle on ofre ceux que buth a tue.

“Buth; he is an angry young man who kills everyone he meets / Manipa idol, or deity of Lassa, to whom those killed by Buth are offered.”

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.