Where does “frontispiece” come from?
Frontispiece comes from Middle French frontispice, from Latin frontispicium, combining Latin frons with the root speḱ- meaning to look or observe.
frontispiece (English): An illustration that is on the page before the...
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- An illustration that is on the page before the...
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