frontispiece

1. An illustration that faces or immediately precedes the title page of a book, book section, or magazine.
2. Architecture
   a. A façade, especially an ornamental façade.
   b. A small ornamental pediment, as on top of a door or window.
3. Archaic A title page.

Origin:

Origin: Alteration (influenced by piece)

Origin: of French frontispice

Origin: , from Late Latin frontispicium, façade of a building

Origin: : Latin frontis

Origin: , genitive of frōns, forehead, front

Origin: + Latin specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots