2»d S. V. 124., Mat 15. '68.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 15. 1858. 



Addison's portrait. 



A well-known engraving from a picture by 

 Leslie has rendered familiar a portrait at Holland 

 House, which has long p«ssed for that of Addison. 

 It also (it is understood) was studied by Sir 

 Richard Westmacott, for a statue erected in 1809 

 in Poets' Corner (Anii. Reg., vol. li. p. 273.), and 

 the subject of an eulogium by Lord Macaulay. 



There is now to be seen in London a picture 

 belonging to Mr, Andrew Fountaine of Narford 

 House, Norfolk : it is a Kit-cat, and undoubtedly 

 the original of the picture at Holland House ; but, 

 like a full-length and a miniature also in his pos- 

 session, it represents his ancestor Sir Andreic 

 Fountaine, bewigged, in a loose gown of a light 

 brown colour, and pointing with his right hand to 

 the bookshelves at Narford. 



Sir Andrew was the intimate friend of Dean 

 Swift, his successful antagonist at ombre, his 

 fellow-guest at the Vanhomrigh's, and his boon 

 companion on occasion. Although his name con- 

 stantly occurs in the journal to Stella, Sir Walter 

 Scott gives no information with respect to him. 

 It appears that Sir Andrew fell ill of a bilious 

 fever, when his life was despaired of. Swift thus 

 commemorates his recovery, Dec. 30, 1710 : " Sir 

 Andrew Fountaine is better. I have lost a legacy 

 by his living ; for he told me he had left me A 

 PICTURE, and some books " (vol. ii. Lett, xii., 

 p. 128.). 



It may be of interest to subjoin a few biographical 

 notes. He was the eldest son of Andrew Foun- 

 taine of Salle, M.P., by Sarah his wife, daughter 

 to Sir Thomas Chicheley (Blomfield's Norfolk, vi. 

 233-6.). He was educated at Oxford, and re- 

 sided some time at Rome. He returned with the 

 reputation of a scholar and antiquary, and suc- 

 ceeded to the family estate in 1706, when he 

 erected Naribrd Hall, which became distinguished 

 for its valuable library, excellent collection of 

 pictures, coins, and rare pieces of antiquity. He 

 acted as tutor to Prince William, and Vice-cham- 

 berlain to the Princess of Wales. On the demise 

 of Sir Isaac Newton he succeeded as Warden of 

 the Mint, 1727 ; having been created Knight of 

 the Bath, Jan. 14, 1725. He died in 1753. 



The Kit-cat picture is said to have been painted 

 at Rome ; it bears the initials " H. S. pinx.," and 

 is distinctly mentioned among his effects. 



jyiACKEI^ZIE WaLCOTT, M.A. 



BIB|p BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



One of your correspondents has recently hinted 

 that the additions to Bohn's new edition of 

 Lowndes' Bibliographer's Manual are not always 



correct. In looking over Part I. of the first vo- 

 lume, I have observed several inaccuracies in the 

 article " Bible," which is one of those announced 

 in the Preface as having been rewritten. I 

 notice these errors in no spirit of fault-finding, 

 for I am aware of the difiiculty of printing per- 

 fect descriptions and collections of rare books ; 

 but because I have recently seen persons misled 

 by some of the remarks, and adducing the autho- 

 rity of this work as irrefragable. On p. 186., 2nd 

 col., it is said that the word not was omitted in 

 the 7th commandment in an 8vo. edition of the 

 Bible, printed by Barker & Lucas in 1632, and 

 that a copy was exhibited, &c. This omission does 

 not occur in the 8vo. edition of 1632, printed by 

 Robert Barker and the assigns of John Bill, but 

 in the edition printed by them in 1631 ; and the 

 volume exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries on 

 June 21, 1855, bore this last imprint and date. I 

 cannot account for the insertion of the name 

 " Lucas " in many of the notices of the suppressed 

 volume. That name is not found, I believe, in 

 the imprint of any Bibles of the period specified. 



There are, in fact, three issues of the year 1631, 

 all distinct reprints, and all printed at London by 

 Robert Barker and the assigns of John Bill. I 

 give them in the order in which I suppose them 

 to have appeared. The signatures in all three run 

 in eights, but in size they are 12mo. or small 8vo. 



1. Title to Old Testament beautifully engraved, 

 reduced from that of the first folio edition of 1611, 

 date 1631, with Speed's " Genealogies." No Apo- 

 crypha. New Test, title, printed within a wood- 

 cut architectural design : in the centre, at the top, 

 the divine glory over an altar, and figures of Fides 

 and Religio on each side a little below. In the 

 middle, at the bottom, David playing on the harp. 

 The date mdcxxx. Date at the end of the New 

 Test. 1630. 



2. Title to Old Test, printed within a large 

 woodcut, heart-shaped ornament, and around it 

 small ornaments of the twelve Patriarchs, the 

 twelve Apostles, and the four Evangelists. Date 

 1631, with the Apocrypha. New Test, title within 

 a similar ornament; date 1630. Date at the end, 

 1631. A brief Concordance ; date on title, 1630. 

 Psalms in metre. London : printed for the Com- 

 panie of Stationers, 1631. 



3. Title to Book of Common Prayer, printed 

 within the architectural ornament described in 

 No. 1. ; date mdcxxxi. Speed's Genealogies, with 

 date 1631. Title to Old Test, printed within the 

 woodcut described in No. 2., date 1631 ; with the 

 Apocrypha. Title to New Test, within the same 

 ornament, date 1631. Date at the end, 1631. 

 The Way to True Happiness, by Questions and 

 Answers. London : Edward Brewster and Robert 

 Bird ; no date. Psalms in metre : London, printed 

 for the Companie of Stationers, 1631. It is in 

 this copy that the omission of the word not occurs. 



