Definition of Frontispieces

1. Noun. (plural of frontispiece) ¹

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Definition of Frontispieces

1. frontispiece [n] - See also: frontispiece

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frontispieces

frontier orbital
frontier settlement
frontiered
frontierless
frontierlike
frontiers
frontiersman
frontiersmanship
frontiersmen
frontierswoman
frontierswomen
frontignan
frontin'
fronting
frontispiece
frontispieces (current term)
frontless
frontlessly
frontlet
frontlets
frontline
frontlines
frontlist
frontlists
frontload
frontloaded
frontloader
frontloaders
frontloading
frontloads

Literary usage of Frontispieces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of the Life of Nicholas Poussin by Maria Callcott (1820)
"DESIGNS FOR frontispieces. frontispieces designed 'while Poussin was in Paris. 1. For the Bible of Sixtus V. — God the Father appears above ; Revelation ..."

2. The Chautauquan by Chautauqua Institution (1913)
"... 1913 Cover Design by James Hall frontispieces Henry IV, Louis XIII, Louis XIV; The Samaritaine, Statue of Henry IV; Hugo's House, Gate of the Carrousel ..."

3. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1875)
"... has been reproduced in the frontispieces of the earlier editions of histories of Virginia, and was for a long time used as a book-plate in the miscel- ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1907)
"frontispieces— TABLE OF CONTENTS. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1907. Buffalo and Steamboat on the Missouri , 331 Buffalo and Indian Hunters 132 The Migration! of the ..."

5. A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors by Samuel Redgrave (1878)
"He was chiefly employed upon portraits and ornamental frontispieces for books. There is a portrait by him of Mary, Queen of William III. ..."

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