Pagode de canon. Canon divinite du Japon…

“Canon pagoda. Canon divinite of Japan. Other representation of a cannon. Xantai divinity of Japan.”

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.