obverse vs verso

obverse

adj
  • Corresponding; complementary. 

  • Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top. 

  • Turned or facing toward the observer. 

noun
  • A proposition obtained by obversion, e.g. All men are mortal => No man is immortal. 

  • The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design. 

verso

noun
  • The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number. 

  • The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; 

How often have the words obverse and verso occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )