frontispiece

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The picture is well known in France as the frontispiece of Rimbaud’s “Poésies Complètes,” which was published posthumously in 1895.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2024

This research will be featured as a frontispiece in the upcoming issue of Advanced Materials and has secured both domestic and international patents.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

Recast in vivid color, the frontispiece is enlarged to life-size scale, swapping out a generic female face for a specific one.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022

The book's frontispiece is a sketch of two women who remind her that "even in the worst conditions, Black women have looked up at the night sky and wondered."

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2021

The frontispiece of the English translation of the experiments of the Accademia del Cimento: Nature is shown turning her back on Aristotle and being introduced by the Accademia to the Royal Society.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton