1755 J. Smith v. 137 The use of Flowers is not confined to Ornaments over Head pages only.
1838 C. H. Timperley 114 Head page, the beginning of a subject.
1842 T. F. Dibdin (new ed.) 527 The Dr. (not understanding printers' marks) wrote on a head page ‘take out horizontal line at p. so and so’—the compositor inserted these words as a displayed line in the head-page whereon they were written.