1. frontispiece - Noun
2. frontispiece - Verb
The part which first meets the eye
The principal front of a building.
An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.
Source: Webster's dictionary1849 printing of Pelham with Hablot K. Browne ( Phiz ) frontispiece: Pelham's electioneering visit to the Revd. Source: Internet
A frontispiece illustrates an old, bearded Christmas in a brimmed hat, a long open robe and undersleeves. Source: Internet
Darwin's bulldog The frontispiece to Huxley's Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863): the image compares the skeletons of apes to humans. Source: Internet
Clippers typically carried extra sails such as skysails and moonrakers on the masts, and studdingsails on booms extending out from the hull or yards, Villiers (1962), frontispiece and p.220 which required extra hands to handle them. Source: Internet
Editions "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", frontispiece to a 1913 edition by Paul Bransom The book was originally published as plain text, but many illustrated, comic and annotated versions have been published over the years. Source: Internet
A watercolour copy by Jean-Baptiste Isabey was placed as frontispiece to Napoleon's copy of the poems. Source: Internet