In English and German; one copy each of first and second edition (with and without phrase "Workingmen Arm Yourselves and Appear in Full Force"); first edition inscribed "Fischer"
Collection of prayers and invocations for seeking God's protection from the enemies, with many verses from the Qurʼān. Name of the author not mentioned. Copied and illuminated in 1267 Hijrī (1850 or 1851) by the calligrapher al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rāsim, a student of Muḥammad Dhākir nicknamed "Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼān" (Memorizer of the Qurʼān). Place of copying not mentioned.
Description:
10 x 16 cm; written surface: 5 x 9 cm; 13 lines per page., Binding: Bound in contemporary blue wrapper with flap; both covers beautifully hand-decorated in gilt., Colophon: "Katabahu al-mudhnib al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rāsim min talāmīdh Muḥammad Dhākr [al-mulaqqab] bi-Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼān, ghufira la-humā, sanat 1267 H.", In beautiful naskh script, in black ink on white paper, keywords in red; the opening page is illuminated with a handsome heading in gold, blue, rose, and other colors; there are also four different medallions on the margins in gold, blue and other colors (folios 1b, 5a, 9a, 11a); catchwords; text within gold frame., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn, al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. Īyāka naʻbudu wa-īyāka nastaʻīn. Ihdinā al-ṣirāṭa al-mustaqīm, ṣirāṭa alladhīna anʻamta ʻalayhim, ghayr al-maghḍūbi ʻalayhim wa-lā al-ḍāllīn ...", Interspersed in the text is an invocatory refrain, repeated ten times, in red ink: "Aʻdāʼunā lan yaṣilū ilaynā bi-al-nafs wa-lā bi-al-wāsiṭah, lā qudrata lahum ʻalá īṣāl al-sūʼ ilaynā bi-ḥāl min al-aḥwāl" (Our enemies will not be able to reach us, neither in person nor by proxy. They have no power to inflict harm on us under any circumstances)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Secundo folio: nunjī al-muʼminīn., Text folios 1b-11b., Title supplied by cataloger., Translation of the colophon: "Copied by the guilty al-Sayyid Muḥammad Rāsim, a student of Muḥammad Dhākir [nicknamed] Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼān [Memorizer of the Qurʼān], may God forgive both of them, in the year 1267 Hijrī [1850 or 1851].", البداية: "بسم االله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله رب العالمين، الرحمن الرحيم. إيّاك نعبد وإيّاك نستعين. اهدنا الصراط المستقيم، صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم، غير المغضوب عليهم ولا الضالّين ...", الخاتمة: "كتبه المذنب السيد محمد راسم من تلاميذ محمد ذاكر [الملقّب] بحافظ القرآن، غفر لهما، سنة 1267 ھ.", بداية الورقة الثانية: ننجي المؤمنين., and تتكرر خلال النص، بحبر أحمر، عشر مرات، لازمة الدعاء التالية: "أعداؤنا لن يصلوا إلينا بالنفس ولا بالواسطة، لا قدرة لهم على إيصال السوء إلينا بحال من الأحوال."
Subject (Name):
Rāsim, Muḥammad, Active 1850. and راسم، محمد، ناشط 1850.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic manuscripts., Illumination of books and manuscripts., Invocation--Religious aspects--Islam., Prayer--Islam., and Qurʼan.--Selections.
Collection of autograph manuscript forgeries of William Shakespeare documents by William Henry Ireland. Contents include forgeries of Shakespeare signatures, receipts, promissory notes, letters, and poetry, as well as the forged signatures of contemporaries of Shakespeare, including Queen Elizabeth and John Heminges. Also included are samples of the writing of Ireland's parents and several printed items and illustrations. All manuscript items are mounted in album pages containing identification and commentary by William Henry Ireland. The volume opens with a preface by Joseph Haslewood discussing the history of the Ireland forgeries and of this collection of exemplars.
Description:
Binding: contemporary full calf; compartmented spine., Bound with: Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments under the hand and seal of William Shakespeare (London: Cooper & Graham, 1796)., Ex libris Joseph Haslewood. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. (Bonhams Stuart B. Schimmel forgery collection sale, London, 23 May 2012, lot 45) on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2012., Spine tag: Pseudo-Shakespeare. MSS &c., and William Henry Ireland (1777-1835), literary forger, produced documents purportedly in the hand of William Shakepeare beginning in 1794. His forgeries included the play Vortigern, which was produced in 1796, but the forgeries were quickly identified as such, first by Joseph Ritson and later by Edmond Malone. Ireland published his Confessions in 1805, and produced collections of manuscript copies of his Shakespearian "productions."
Subject (Name):
Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833, Haslewood, Joseph, 1769-1833--Bookplate, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Forgeries
Subject (Topic):
Forgery of manuscripts--Great Britain and Literary forgeries and mystifications
Autograph manuscript, heavily corrected, of a translation from the Greek of Musaeus (Grammaticus), concerning the tragic love between Hero and Leander.
Description:
Binding: Contemporary polished calf, gold-tooled edges, with title on spine: MS. Hero and Leander--W. Hayley., Bookplate, with lion and Maltese cross, and pencil inscription: Sub Robore Virtus; F.W. Cosens. [Frederick W., 1819-1889], For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Inscription on first page: 22 ff. 4to. n.d. Complete from Hero & Leander Close friend of Blake., and Title inscription in Greek: Mousaiou ta Kath' Hero Kai Leandron.
Subject (Name):
Hayley, William,--1745-1820. and Musaeus,--Grammaticus.
Subject (Topic):
Hero (Greek mythology) and Leander (Greek mythology)