Looking for the name of the font for the lombardic capitals appearing in several books

[lovetypesb]

Looking for the name of the font for the lombardic capitals appearing in several books - Little Magic Horse (1942), and The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Man in the Iron Mask (1953). 

Thank you for your help.

[Kevin Thompson]

I’ve found a digital version called Light Unciale, by Manfred Klein, but I’m guessing that is not its original name.

[Kevin Thompson]

In case anyone else was curious, the secondary text on the cover of Little Magic Horse is Raleigh Cursive, digitally revived as Redwood Pro by Canada Type.

[lovetypesb]

Thank you Kevin Thompson very much - this is also helpful.

I do hope to locate the original name of this font - if possible its designer and foundry - if anyone happens to know more about its history. Thank you again.

[Kevin Thompson]

Found it in Dan X. Solo’s The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces as “Caligraph (Dundee) Initials,” aka Dundee and Dieter Caps.

 

Also found a reference and sample of Caligraph Initials here.

 

Unfortunately, no luck identifying a foundry or designer yet, but it did appear to be available in metal and eventually phototype, so it was popular for a time.

[lovetypesb]

Thank you very much again for your help - so grateful.

[Kevin Thompson]

According to this source, the original name was Calligraph (double l) Initials by American Type Founders (ATF) and released in 1941, though I don’t trust that date.

Here is a printed sample (date unknown) from Letterform Archive.

[Kevin Thompson]

Further research has turned up samples as early as 1927 .

[lovetypesb]

 Thank you so much  - excited to learn this information. Thanks for taking the time to help.