An illustration placed before the first pages of a book. Usually faces the title page.

Pictorial element opposite the title-page.

An illustration that faces the title page, also called a front plate.

An illustrative plate that faces the title page.

An illustration that faces or immediately precedes the title page of a book or book section.

An illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.

an illustration or plate inserted immediately in front of the title page, with the illustration facing the title page.

Illustration in a book opposite the title page.

A graphic facing the title page of the book, (most commonly an illustration or photograph).

front illustration facing the title page of a book

a preliminary page with an illustration relating to the subject of the book

The illustration facing the title page is called the frontispiece.

Left hand page illustration facing the title page.

An illustration appearing before the first pages of a book.

The illustration or plate facing the title page.

An illustration opposite the title page and which is usually a high-quality steel-engraving or wood block print portrait of the author, but may also be of a "scene" from the book. It's common to find a tipped-in frontis in older books - that is, an illustration which has been glued into the book after it was bound.

(Frontis) The illustration facing title page.

or simply frontis - the plate facing the title-page.

In traditional publishing practice, an illustration placed on page ii. Research publications may occasionally contain a frontispiece made up of text giving a brief description of a program and its funding.

An illustration facing the title page of a book.

An illustration preceding the title page of a book and usually on the verso of the half title page.

Illustration which faces the title page.

an illustration inserted to face the title-page.

A page, usually an illustration, glued in at the title page

A plate or illustration at the front of the book, usually facing the title page. Frontispieces are often of much higher quality than the rest of the illustrations in a book. The absence of a frontispiece sometimes indicates a later printing of the book.

The illustration facing the title page of a book.

An illustration at the beginning of a book, usually facing the title page.