PARADIN (CLAUDE) Devises heroiques, Lyon, Jan de Tournes & Guillaume Gazeau, 1557

PARADIN (CLAUDE) Devises heroiques, title within historiated woodcut border, 182 woodcut devices attributed to Bernard Salomon, each with Latin caption, one large vignette, 16-line French verse in ink on final blank, light occasional damp-stains, old ink name partially erased from title, trace of worming touching letters to final 19 leaves, later vellum made from a seventeenth century legal document, manuscript title on spine [Adams P291; Landwehr Romanic, 564], 8vo, Lyon, Jan de Tournes & Guillaume Gazeau, 1557 Footnotes: 'The first Protestant collection of religious devices, a book which played a very important role in the European emblem tradition' (Landwehr). The first edition of 1551 contained only 118 devices and did not have accompanying explanatory text. This second edition is expanded with the addition of 64 devices, alters some of the mottoes, and adds an explanation in French to the Latin caption of the first 118 and to the new devices. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing