Grand petre des gaures ou perses devant le feu ajant a la main son rituel./ Trois differentes tetes de petres gaures avec la mitre et la bouche couverte.

“Big gaurs or persians father in front of the fire adding to the hand his ritual / Three different heads of gaurs fathers with the mitre and the covered mouth.”

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.