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frontispiece is a decorative illustration facing a book's
title pageThe title page of a book, thesis or other written work is the page at or near the front which displays its title, and author, as well as other information...
. In modern use, the frontispiece is the verso opposite the
rectoThe recto is the right-hand page and the verso the left-hand page of a folded sheet or bound item, such as a book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. These are terms of art in the binding, printing, and publishing industries, and can be applied more broadly to any field where physical documents are...
title page. Elaborate engraved title pages were in frequent use, especially in Bibles and in scholarly books, and many are masterpieces of
engravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
. (Use meaning the title page itself is obsolete according to the
Oxford English Dictionary.)
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frontispiece is a decorative illustration facing a book's
title pageThe title page of a book, thesis or other written work is the page at or near the front which displays its title, and author, as well as other information...
. In modern use, the frontispiece is the verso opposite the
rectoThe recto is the right-hand page and the verso the left-hand page of a folded sheet or bound item, such as a book, broadsheet, or pamphlet. These are terms of art in the binding, printing, and publishing industries, and can be applied more broadly to any field where physical documents are...
title page. Elaborate engraved title pages were in frequent use, especially in Bibles and in scholarly books, and many are masterpieces of
engravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
. (Use meaning the title page itself is obsolete according to the
Oxford English Dictionary.)