PARADIN (Claude) Devises héroïques, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, Guillaume Gazeau, 1557. - In-8, ivory parchment, smooth spine, speckled edges (later binding (19th?) in imitation). Second edition, dedicated to Théodore de Marzé, of this famous collection of emblems by poet Claude Paradin, first published in 1551, one of the most influential emblematic works of the period. This second edition features 182 woodcuts, 64 more than the original, attributed to Lyon-based engraver Bernard Salomon. For the first time, they are accompanied by commentaries in French and, in some cases, mottoes in Latin. The title also features an attractive woodcut frame, decorated with grotesques. Copy in later imitation binding. Title soiled. Light spotting, worm gallery from page 127 to the end, sometimes reaching the text. Angular restoration to folio g6. Provenance: anonymous bookplate or simple pious image based on an engraving by Philippe Galle.