sb. [SUB- 5 b.]
1. A subordinate or additional title of a literary work.
1878. N. Amer. Rev., CXXVII. 346. It is the sub-title rather than the title that indicates the chief importance of his work.
1894. Jennings, Croker Papers, II. p. xxiii. ‘Sybil, or the New Nation,’ as the book was at first called, the sub-title being afterwards changed to ‘The Two Nations.’
1895. Bookman, Oct., 20/1. She should either have called it ‘Rome in the Dark Ages,’ or have added ‘The Dark Ages’ as a subtitle.
2. A repetition of the chief words of the full title of a book at the top of the first page of text; also, a half-title.
1890. N. & Q., Ser. VII. IX. 143/2. Title and contents, xii, followed by sub-title to whist.
1896. Moxon’s Mech. Exerc., Printing, p. xviii. The running title and the sub-titles.
So Subtitle v. trans., to furnish with a specified sub-title.
1891. J. W. Ebsworth, Roxb. Ball., VII. 358. Another ballad, sub-titled, ‘The Willow Green turned into Carnation.’
1895. Advance (Chicago), 15 Aug., 236/3. The Countess Bettina is subtitled the History of an Innocent Scandal.
