Topic 6: Glossary: Frontispiece

Robert Maxwell dcrb-l@lib.byu.edu
Thu, 07 Jan 1999 17:19:57 -0700


>Frontispiece.  [N.B.: new term.] An illustrative leaf, excepting an added
>title page, preceding (and usually facing) the title page.  The frontispiece
>may be a plate, or may be an integral part of a gathering.

I take it this comes from the recent exlibris discussion. How do we take
this into account in the rules themselves? Are there places in the rules
that need revision or clarification? There certainly seemed to be confusion
on exlibris.

Bob
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Robert L. Maxwell
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