"Recto" redirects here. For the road in Manila, Philippines, see Recto Avenue. For the LRT station, see Recto station. Left-to-right language books (e.g. books in Western languages): recto is the front page, verso is the back page. In this picture, the recto page shown is of the following leaf in a book and hence comes next to the verso of the previous leaf. Right-to-left language books: recto is
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