Topic 6: Glossary: Frontispiece

[Richard Noble]

At 05:19 PM 1/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>Frontispiece.  [N.B.: new term.] An illustrative leaf, excepting an added
>>title page, preceding (and usually facing) the title page.  The frontispiece
>>may be a plate, or may be an integral part of a gathering.
>
>I take it this comes from the recent exlibris discussion. How do we take
>this into account in the rules themselves? Are there places in the rules
>that need revision or clarification? There certainly seemed to be confusion
>on exlibris.
>
>Bob

I do not see the need for this term, unless it is needed for new text in
the rules, in discussing what's meant by plates. This is among some
suggested terms that seem to be going well beyond the underlying purpose of
the DCRB glossary--to supplement or vary from AACR2 definitions--in the
direction of a general glossary of bibliographical terms, which doesn't
seem like a terribly hot idea to me.
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