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What is a frontispiece?

What is a frontispiece? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
  2. (archaic, publishing) The title page of a book.
  3. (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
  4. (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.
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The frontispiece is a photograph of the oldest woman in the world and her son, Bulgarian peasants.
This example, an oration delivered in a Jesuit school, was later printed with a frontispiece representing its visual equivalent.
Edwards's painting appeared twice, showcased as frontispiece and chapter illustration.
The trophies and insets painted in the vertical margins of the Soane frontispiece and title page may refer to those duties.
Passerotti's Self-Portrait with Skeleton, Ecorche and Nudes, early 1580s, is presumed to have been drawn as the frontispiece for his book.
It came with a frontispiece showing damage caused by fascist artillery to the Goya Foundation.

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