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The print version of this guide is composed in Centaur, a typeface designed by American typographer and book designed Bruce Rodgers (1870-1957). The full type font was first used at the Montague Press in 1915 for an edition of Maurice de Guérin's The Centaur. The Rare Book and Special Collections Division has in its collections considerable material relating to Rodger's life and work

This guide was designed by Robert Wiser, Meadows & Wiser, Washington, D.C.

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