Green’s Dictionary of Slang

title page n.

the face.

1825		Pierce Egan’s Life in London 12 June 157/1: Smith forthwith placed several scarifiers on the bear's [i.e. a rival boxer’s] title-poge.
1835		G. Kent Modern Flash Dict.
1848		Flash Dict. in Sinks of London Laid Open.
1851		Bell’s Life in Sydney 31 May 1/6: Noon [...] illuminated his adversary’s title page in the red ink style of the old almanacs.