Book frontispiece Book frontispiece A frontispiece in books is a decorative or informative illustration facing a book's title page—on the left-hand, or verso, page opposite the right-hand, or recto, page. While some books depict thematic elements, other books feature the author's portrait as the frontispiece. In medieval illuminated manuscripts, a presentation miniature showing the book or text being presented (by whom and to whom varies) was often used as a frontispiece. The word comes from the French "frontispice", or the late Latin "frontispicium", from the Latin "frons" ('forehead') and "specere" ('to look at'). It was synonymous with 'metoposcopy'. In English, it was
This is Not a Book This is Not a Book This is Not a Book is a book by Keri Smith that was published in 2009. It is not a normal book, because the book does not exist without the reader. The book is almost completely blank, so the reader creates the content and the final product. The book's purpose is to teach a reader to think creatively and take risks. The main question presented is: if it is not a book, then what exactly is it? The answer is left to the reader to determine. "This Is Not A Book" is much like Wreck