Ornamented types : twenty-three alphabets from the foundry of Louis John Pouchée.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pouchée, Louis John, 1782 or 1783-1845
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[London] : I.M. Imprimit in association with St Bride Printing Library, 1992-1993.
Edition:	Limited edition.
Subjects:	Type ornaments > Specimens. Type and type-founding > England > London > Specimens. Alphabets. Pouchée, Louis John, > 1782 or 1783-1845. Letters. Houtgravures. Letterproeven. Alfabetten. Type and type-founding. Type ornaments. England. Specimens.

Description
Item Description:	"Designed by Ian Mortimer and printed and produced by his press, I.M. Imprimit, London. The complete edition comprises a Solander box containing the 25 ornamented alphabets on 46 sheets, a title-page, a two-sheet Printer's Note, a two-sheet visual index, and this colophon; and a separate bound book, in a slip-case, with the introduction by James Mosley"--Colophon [The specimens]. "The edition is limited to 200 sets for sale, numbered 1/200 to 200/200. There are ten sets out of series, numbered as follows: numbers I/X to V/X are for the St Bride Printing Library; numbers VI/X to X/X are for I.M. Imprimit"--Colophon. Purchased for the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive by The Cushing Library. The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is set number 142/200.
Physical Description:	2 volumes : illustrations ; 53-55 cm
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.