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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 419070, member: 8267&quot;]The printing process for a plate such as the portrait on the frontispiece (the page facing the title page) sometimes requires a different type of paper from the rest of the text. In such a case, the plate might be tipped in (pasted in as a separate sheet), or it may be sewn into the binding. If it is sewn in, there is usually a &quot;stub&quot; (an incomplete page) that appears, which is the tail end of the separate plate page. </p><p>It is just an artifact of the binding process.</p><p>Looking at the top edge of the binding, you might be able to follow the &quot;stub&quot; page through the fold, and see if it is a continuation of the frontispiece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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