Puzza ou la Cybele des Chinois. Puzza sous une forme parallele a Isis Assise sur la fleur de Lotos.

“Puzza or the Cybele of the Chinese. Puzza in a form parallel to Isis sitting on the flower of Lotos.”

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.