Emblemata.- Paradin (Claude) Devises Heroiques, second edition, collation: a-q8 r4 complete with final blank leaf, title within woodcut border, 182 woodcut illustrations attributed to Bernard Salomon, woodcut initial and decorations, modern citron crushed morocco by Thibaron, gilt supralibros, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., 8vo (161 x 116mm.), Lyon, Jan de Tournes & Guil. Gazeau, 1557.*** A fine copy of the second edition, but which was the first to contain the explanatory text. Of the 182 devices only 104 were taken from the first edition of 1551, 70 appearing in this edition for the first time. This was the first book to collect devices of historical figures. Among those of French and foreign royalty are the crowned salamander of Franc?ois I, the three crescents of Henri II, the crowned porcupine of LouisXII, and the portcullis of Henry VIII.Provenance: Acquired from Petrier, 1931. Isidoro and Teodoro Fernandez (morocco book labels). Literature: Adams P-291; Landwehr Romanic 564: 'a book which played a very important role in the European emblem tradition'; Mortimer, Harvard French 410; Praz p. 122.