La divinite supreme qui a cree le monde …

“The supreme deity who created the world according to the Japanese. Xaca another deity of Japan. The pagoda of the monkeys.”

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.