Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
controfrontespizio
English translation:
facing title-page
Added to glossary by
Angela Arnone
Mar 11, 2003 21:08
21 yrs ago
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Italian term
Italian by name ... English by nature!
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, English, Italian
controfrontespizio
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Printing & Publishing
publishing
The page opposite the title page in a book!
Can't recall it in English and my dictionaries are playing ball.
TIA
Angela
Can't recall it in English and my dictionaries are playing ball.
TIA
Angela
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | facing title-page |
Massimo Gaido
|
| 5 | inside front cover |
Rod Nelson
|
| 4 | frontis piece counter to title page |
Red Cat Studios
|
| 3 | Countercover |
Kimmy
|
Proposed translations
+2
38 mins
Massimo Gaido
United States
United States
Native in Italian
United States
Your business is my business.
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, French to Italian, and 12 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
facing title-page
confermo
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Note added at 2003-03-11 21:47:30 (GMT)
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LS 502: Cataloging and Classification
Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Department of Library Science
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Group Cataloging
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GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 | GROUP 3 | GROUP 4 |
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GROUP 1
Item 2: Title page and page facing title page.
http://eagle.clarion.edu/~faculty/jmaccaferri/ls502group.htm
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Note added at 2003-03-11 21:48:32 (GMT)
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Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Palo Alto, and Fair Lawn, NJ: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1956.
160 pp.
Notes: Series statement taken from page facing title page.
http://odin.indstate.edu/level1.dir/cml/rbsc/floyd/eng-g.htm...
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Note added at 2003-03-11 21:49:11 (GMT)
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SPECIAL POSITIONS
Full Page in Front Section $3,250 $4,250
Double-Page Spread in Front Section $5,950 $7,950
Page 1 (facing Inside-Front-Cover) $6,450
Page Facing Title-Page
http://www.producers.masterguide.com/spacead.html
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Note added at 2003-03-11 21:47:30 (GMT)
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LS 502: Cataloging and Classification
Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Department of Library Science
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Group Cataloging
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GROUP 1 | GROUP 2 | GROUP 3 | GROUP 4 |
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GROUP 1
Item 2: Title page and page facing title page.
http://eagle.clarion.edu/~faculty/jmaccaferri/ls502group.htm
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Note added at 2003-03-11 21:48:32 (GMT)
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Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Palo Alto, and Fair Lawn, NJ: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1956.
160 pp.
Notes: Series statement taken from page facing title page.
http://odin.indstate.edu/level1.dir/cml/rbsc/floyd/eng-g.htm...
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Note added at 2003-03-11 21:49:11 (GMT)
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SPECIAL POSITIONS
Full Page in Front Section $3,250 $4,250
Double-Page Spread in Front Section $5,950 $7,950
Page 1 (facing Inside-Front-Cover) $6,450
Page Facing Title-Page
http://www.producers.masterguide.com/spacead.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kimmy
: Yes! taht's what I was thinking about! Phew!
5 mins
|
| agree |
Will Matter
: literally "counter-frontispiece" but no EXACT, commonly-used equivalent in English.
17 mins
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks and thanks for relieving Kimmy.
Boy was I worried!!!
Night
Angela
"
10 mins
Countercover
This term is playing havoc with me too!
see link!
Maybe it's a start!
:-)
see link!
Maybe it's a start!
:-)
23 mins
Red Cat Studios
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
We make your clients love your brand
Native in: French 
, Romanian
Works in: English to French, French to English, Romanian to English, and 17 more.
frontis piece counter to title page
As in the following example:
Darwin, Charles
The Voyage of the Beagle New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1969. THE HARVARD CLASSIC SERIES. SIXTY-SECOND PRINTING. 524 pages. Includes Introduction, Notes and Index. Black and white etching of lizard from the Galapagos Islands serves as a frontis piece--counter to title page. A very attractive and tightly bound copy with crisp and sound (green leatherette with gilt motifs) boards and spine. Gilt "Veritas" seal is embossed on center of front board and on spine.Mustard-coloured endleaves are impeccable H. Near Fine. Item # 010238 $14.99
Darwin, Charles
The Voyage of the Beagle New York: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1969. THE HARVARD CLASSIC SERIES. SIXTY-SECOND PRINTING. 524 pages. Includes Introduction, Notes and Index. Black and white etching of lizard from the Galapagos Islands serves as a frontis piece--counter to title page. A very attractive and tightly bound copy with crisp and sound (green leatherette with gilt motifs) boards and spine. Gilt "Veritas" seal is embossed on center of front board and on spine.Mustard-coloured endleaves are impeccable H. Near Fine. Item # 010238 $14.99
9 hrs
Rod Nelson
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Canada
Three decades of translating experience
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 1 more.
inside front cover
That's what we say in my neck of the woods.
Discussion
Angela
Thanks
Angela