Category:Frontispieces

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Do not confuse the frontispiece of a book with its title page. Only the former belong here. Images and scans of title pages belong in Category:Title pages; images and scans of illustrated title pages belong in Category:Illustrated title pages; images and scans of illustrations preceding internal divisions of a book belong in Category:Headpieces (book illustration).
 See also categories: Book covers, Front matter, Half titles, Frontispieces, Title pages, Edition notice pages, Dedication pages, Book pages, Endpapers, Back matter and Book spines.
This is a main category requiring frequent diffusion and maybe maintenance. As many pictures and media files as possible should be moved into appropriate subcategories.
<nowiki>frontispicio; címlapkép; frontis; Frontispiz; франтыспіс; 卷首插圖; Frontispice; ფრონტისპისი; 扉絵; Frontispicio; Frontespis; фронтиспіс; Frontispis; frontispico; frontispis; அந்தலைத்தாள்; antiporta; frontispice; франтысьпіс; frontispício; frontispic; фронтиспис; Ilustrasi depan (buku); Frontyspis; frontispis; frontispice; Cephe (Kitap Tasarımı); wynebddalen; Фронтиспис; Frontispiss; frontispiece; фронтиспис; προμετωπίδα; Frontispice; ilustración en un libro ubicada sobre una de las páginas de título; illustration, placée au début d'un livre; ілюстрацыя перад тытульным аркушам кнігі; ілюстрація, розташована перед титульним аркушем книги на лівій сторінці; boekillustratie tegenover de titelpagina; dekorative Abbildung auf der zweiten Seite, dem Titelblatt (Seite 3) gegenüberliegend; kirja; illustration facing a book's title page; ilustraĵo ĉe la komenco de libro; tavola illustrata che precede il frontespizio di un libro; a címoldallal szemközt, bal oldalon; antiporte; címkép; címmetszet; book frontispiece; Frontispiß; 卷首圖畫; 主立面; frontis; frontispis</nowiki>
frontispiece 
illustration facing a book's title page
frontispiece (left) and title page
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Wikidata Q583866
GND ID: 4155493-0
Library of Congress authority ID: sh85052080
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13318317s
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 51206
National Library of Spain ID: XX6320543
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A frontispiece is an illustration facing or proceeding a book's title page.

  • This is a very elaborated page, but it is an illustrated title page; therefore the right category is Illustrated title pages.
    This is a very elaborated page, but it is an illustrated title page; therefore the right category is Illustrated title pages.
  • This is a real frontispiece: an illustration facing the title page; therefore the right category is Frontispieces.
    This is a real frontispiece: an illustration facing the title page; therefore the right category is Frontispieces.
  • This image shows both frontispiece (left) and title page (right); therefore both categories are right and necessary.
    This image shows both frontispiece (left) and title page (right); therefore both categories are right and necessary.

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This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

 

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Media in category "Frontispieces"

The following 200 files are in this category, out of 643 total.

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