half title

See also: half-title

English

Noun

half title (plural half titles)

1. (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
• French: faux-titre m
• German: Vortitel m, Schmutztitel m
• Greek: ψευδότιτλος m (psevdótitlos)

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