What is Book frontispiece?
[[File:The Book of Common Prayer, John Murray, 1845.png|thumb|Illuminated frontispiece of the 1845 illustrated ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', designed by [[Owen Jones (architect)|Owen Jones]].]] A '''frontispiece''' is a picture. It is in a [[book]], on one of its front title pages. It is usually a big scene of the book, or a [[portrait]] of the writer. In older times, the picture of the writer was more often used. This was because it was less costly, and could be used again for the writer's other books. Frontispieces were often used in scholarly books and [[Bible]]s, and many are fine works of [[art]]. {{Lit-stub}} {{Commons|Frontispiece}} [[Category:Art]]