La divinite supreme qui a cree le monde suivant les japonois. Xaca autre diviniote du Japon. La pagode des singes.

“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.