Found 2 items, similar to Frontispiece.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: frontispiece frontispiece n 1: an ornamental facade 2: front illustration facing the title page of a book
English → English (gcide) Definition: Frontispiece Frontispiece \Fron"tis*piece\, n. [F. frontispice, LL. frontispicium beginning, front of a church, fr. L. frons front + spicere, specere, to look at, view: cf. It. frontispizio. See Front and Spy.] The part which first meets the eye; as: (a) (Arch.) The principal front of a building. [Obs. or R.] (b) An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself. [1913 Webster]