A frontispiece is a picture at the start of a book, usually on the left-hand page, looking across at the page with the title on it.

A frontispiece is a picture at the start of a bookfrontispiece是一本書開頭的一張圖, usually on the left-hand page通常印在左邊那一頁, looking across at the page with the title on it正對著印有書名的那一頁

Older books loved them: a portrait of the writer, a scene from the story, sometimes a grand drawing. You still find them in handsome hardbacks and in reprints of old books.

Older books loved them舊時的書很愛放這個: a portrait of the writer, a scene from the story, sometimes a grand drawing可能是作者的畫像、故事裡的一個場景，有時候是一幅氣派的畫。You still find them in handsome hardbacks and in reprints of old books現在在精美的精裝書和舊書的重印版裡還是找得到

It is a book-world word, a little old-fashioned and a little proud — publishers and librarians use it without thinking; most people would just say ‘the picture at the front.’ Though actually, it is not the cover, and it is not the title page itself. It is the picture that faces the title.

It is a book-world word這是書籍圈裡的用語, a little old-fashioned and a little proud有點老派，也有點講究 — publishers and librarians use it without thinking出版社和圖書館員想都不用想就會用; most people would just say 'the picture at the front.'一般人大概只會說「前面那張圖」。Though actually, it is not the cover不過其實，它不是封面, and it is not the title page itself也不是書名頁本身。It is the picture that faces the title它是正對著書名的那張圖

(The spelling looks as if piece is in it, because English speakers long ago started writing it that way — a folk story in the letters, not how the word was born.) The same word once also named the decorated face of a building, like a forehead of stone; in ordinary reading now, the book picture is the sense you will meet.

The spelling looks as if piece is in it這個字的拼法看起來好像裡面藏著piece這個字, because English speakers long ago started writing it that way因為很久以前英語使用者就開始這樣拼 — a folk story in the letters, not how the word was born是拼字裡的一個民間說法，不是這個字真正的來歷。The same word once also named the decorated face of a building同一個字曾經也用來指一棟建築裝飾過的正面, like a forehead of stone就像石頭做的額頭一樣; in ordinary reading now, the book picture is the sense you will meet現在一般閱讀時，你會遇到的是書裡那張圖的意思