Devises heroïqves
Devises heroïqves is a 1557 emblem book by Claude Paradin, with woodcut illustrations attributed to Bernard Salomon, printed in Lyon by Ian de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau for a humanist readership of motto and device collectors. Its pictures are small, crisp woodcuts of swords, hands, and ornamental objects set on plain paper, each paired with an image-and-motto logic a designer could adapt for heraldic or symbolic marks.
