| 1. | ![[Bookplate for Henri Rainville]](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/bookplate&CISOPTR=823 "[Bookplate for Henri Rainville]") | [Bookplate for Henri Rainville] | This bookplate depicts a large, bespectacled rat, dressed in what appears to be eighteenth-century attire and displaying a prominent tail and whiskers. Facing away from the viewer, the rat is seated at a table in front of a window, through which the leaves of a tree can be seen. The rodent holds a quill pen and is poised to continue writing in a book that is propped open on the table with a second, closed volume. |
