I have visions of Poor Richard and Appleyard and Packard, but of course it’s none of those. Anyone has an idea what this could be?

Hi Yves,
this is very close to Parsons Heavy by Dieter Steffmann (with the exception of /P)
The copyright says:
Copyright (c) Typographer Mediengestaltung 2000 All rights reserved Designed by Bill Ransom 1918
Find Parsnip but not in bold weight.
You'll notice that the Swash caps Nick used in Parsnip do not match the P in the sample. Nick's are the same as the ones shown for Parsons in McGrew's book on "American Metal Typefaces..", so this tells me the P in the sample was a customization, and not from the original design. In fact the swash initials were not in the original design — Sidney Gaunt designed them, and Ransom did not approve them all, yet McGrew says they were cast by BB&S.
- Mike Yanega
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