Bidspirit auction | ALMOSNINO, MOSHE. Pirkei Moshe [commentary

ALMOSNINO, MOSHE. Pirkei Moshe [commentary to the Ethics of the Fathers - Pirkei Avoth]. FIRST EDITION. Published by the Author’s son. Wider margins. ff. 111. Lightly foxed, signatures removed from title. Older boards, spine worn. 4to. Vinograd, Salonika 62. Salonika, Ya’avetz, 1563. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Moses ben Baruch Almosnino (c. 1515-80) was a prolific rabbinic scholar whose many works demonstrate extensive knowledge of science, philosophy, history, and rhetoric. His Halachic responsa appear in the collections of such contemporaries as R. Shmuel de Medina (MaHaRaSHDa’M), and R. Ya’akov di Boton. Alongside Hebrew commentaries to the Five Megilloth (Yedei Moshe, 1582), the Chumash and prayer book (Tefillah LeMoshe, 1563), R. Moshe Almosnino also published in Judeo-Spanish.