Book frontispiece

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General page layout and typography choices Front and back covers Endpapers Front matter Half title or Bastard title Frontispiece Title page Edition notice Dedication Table of contents List of figures List of tables Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Prologue Body matter, which may include: Chapters Parts Back matter Epilogue Extro/Outro Afterword Conclusion Postscript Appendix/Addendum Glossary Bibliography Index Errata Colophon

A frontispiece is a decorative illustration facing a book's title page. In modern use, the frontispiece is the verso opposite the recto title page. Elaborate engraved title pages were in frequent use, especially in Bibles and in scholarly books, and many are masterpieces of engraving. (Use meaning the title page itself is obsolete according to the Oxford English Dictionary.)

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• Book design