[Devises heroïques
By: par M. Claude Paradin, Chanoine de Beaujeu].
Contributors: Salomon, Bernard, ca. 1506-ca. 1561.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Par Ian de Tournes, et Guil. Gazeau
Published: 1557
Place of publication: A Lion
Language: fre
Number of pages: 261
Notes: 182 woodcut illustrations, by Bernard Salomon; entries consist of a motto in Roman type, most of them in Latin, with a few Greek or French, followed by a woodcut and an explanation in French (italic type); entries include devices of kings and rulers, symbols from the bible, classical history, etc. Errors in pagination: leaves D5 and Q5 missigned C5 and P5. Head and tail pieces; initials. Printer's device of Jean de Tournes on verso of p. 261.

Imprimatur (Priuilege du Roi) gives a licence for ten years to Jean de Tournes for the printing of this and several other books.

Dedication is dated 1556; the book was first published in 1551 and contains 118 emblems without an explanatory text.