The Pouchée Ornamented Types are a collection of specimen sheets printed from antique ornamented types originally produced at the foundry of Louis John Pouchée (1782-1845). The letters were originally engraved by hand in the 1820s as patterns from which metal types could be made and sold to poster printers. They are richly ornamented fat-face styles, incorporating images of flowers, fruit, animals, musical instruments, agricultural implements, and Masonic symbols within the letterforms. This collection consists of a boxed set of unbound, printed sheets printed by the UK-based private press of I.M. Imprimit in collaboration with St Bride Printing Library, plus an accompanying book, Ornamented Types: Twenty-three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée.

All prints as well as the the accompanying book are 21 x 15.”

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