Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures

Sefer HaMitzvot – Frankfurt, 1756 – Copy of Jewish-French Baron Liefmann Calmer

Opening: $100
Sold for: $300
Including buyer's premium
Sefer HaMitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot of the Ramban and Marganita Tava commentary by R. Aryeh Leib Zitel Segal Horowitz. Frankfurt am Main: Bayrhoffer, [1756].
Original leather binding. On front side of back spine, gilt inscription of owner's name: "Calmer". The present copy belonged to the Jewish-French Baron Liefmann Calmer. On back endpaper, his handwritten ownership inscription: "I purchased it from my wealth in honor of my Creator and Master for my sons to study… Lipman known as Levi son of R. Kalman…".
Liefmann Calmer (1711-1784), a prominent figure in 18th century French Jewry. Two of his three sons were executed in the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

[4], 2-113 leaves. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Original leather binding, with defects.

A Shulchan Aruch set belonging to Baron Liefmann Calmer with similar gilt inscriptions was sold as part of the Klagsbald collection (Kedem catalog 100, lot 191).
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries
Early Printed Books – 17th and 18th Centuries