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Uncle Remus type: IDENTIFY

custm354

Please help me identify the type on the cover the classic children's book: The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris.
Thank you!!!!

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Atwe

Not an exact match, but ITC Mona Lisa Recut is close - perhaps it is a predigital variant of said typeface.

custm354

Thanks very much!! That would actually make quite a bit of sense...I actually know Mona Lisa and like it a lot!

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