frontispieces
Title page images
Frontispieces is the plural of frontispiece, an illustration facing the title page of a book.
The term can also refer to the decorated facade of a building, particularly the main entrance.
The antique volumes featured ornate frontispieces depicting scenes from each story.
Artistic depiction of someone
- vignetteBrief evocative description
- depictionRepresentation in art
- pictorialRelating to pictures
- artworkVisual creative production
embellishment · ornamentation · illumination · graphic · sketch · design · motif · iconography
Book's opening identification sheet
- prefaceIntroductory book section
- prologueIntroductory literary section
- forewordIntroductory book section
- preamblePreliminary statement before content
engraving · vignette · illustration · plate · portrait · dedication · epigraph · colophon
Carving into hard surfaces
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- lithographStone-based printing method
- copperplateFormal looped penmanship
intaglio · mezzotint · aquatint · impression · proof · print · reproduction · facsimile
Deceptive outward appearance
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- colonnadeRow supporting a roof
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
decorative · entrance · gateway · inscription · monument · memorial · classical · baroque
portrait
Artistic depiction of someone
artwork · embellishment · ornamentation · illumination · graphic · sketch · design · motif · iconography · allegorical
titlepage
Book's opening identification sheet
- prefaceIntroductory book section
- prologueIntroductory literary section
- forewordIntroductory book section
preamble · engraving · vignette · illustration · plate · portrait · dedication · epigraph · colophon · endpaper
engraving
Carving into hard surfaces
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- lithographStone-based printing method
copperplate · intaglio · mezzotint · aquatint · impression · proof · print · reproduction · facsimile · letterpress
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- colonnadeRow supporting a roof
ornamental · decorative · entrance · gateway · inscription · monument · memorial · classical · baroque · neoclassical
- illustrationsillustration, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs
- print historyprinting press, printing presses, printing houses, movable type, print shops
- chapbookschapbooks, booklet, booklets, blue books, cheap print
- Early Printprinting press, movable type, broadsheets, broadsides, pamphlets
- Shakespeare printsquartos, folios, title pages, facsimiles
- librarieslibrarians, public libraries, librarian, public library, library card
frontispiecestailpieces
Terminal parts or appendages
back matter · backs · endpapers · afterwords · indices