half title

See also: half-title

English

Noun

half title (plural half titles)

(book printing) a page before the title page containing the book's title but no title-page details

Usage notes

The half title appears on the recto of a leaf whose verso is blank. A frontispiece (illustration facing the title page) might appear between the half title and the title-page.

Synonyms

bastard title
fly title

Translations

book title

Danish: smudstitel
Finnish: suojanimiö
French: faux-titre m
German: Vortitel m, Schmutztitel m
Greek: ψευδότιτλος m (psevdótitlos)

Hebrew: שער קטן‎
Hungarian: szennycímlap
Italian: occhiello (it), mezzotitolo (it) m
Swedish: smutstitel c

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