May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 141
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
"THE GRACE OF GOD CONVERTED ME A JEW TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS" WOLFF, JOSEPH. Group of 3 items: Autograph Letter Signed * Two Autograph Manuscripts Signed. The letter, to Dr. Rutherford Russell, sending the manuscript of his autobiography [not present] and attesting to his conversion to Christianity in the presence of witnesses. 3 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; small hole in terminal leaf with minor loss to text, remains of wax seal to left of signature with minor staining on facing page. The first manuscript, in Persian, Hebrew, Arabic, and Armenian, 14 lines with English translation written in holograph below each phrase: "It is impossible to enjoy together / God & the World below-- / God said: let there be Light / & it was Light / In the Name of the Most / Merciful God! / Joseph Wolff." 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank. The second manuscript: "The Glory of the Lord shall be / revealed and all flesh / shall see it together / Isaiah X40:5 / Joseph Wolff / written in obedience / and to the service of / and affection towards / Georgiana Russell." 1 page, 4to, with integral blank. "Leamington Spa," 16 April 1857; Np, nd
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". . . and I must beg you not to communicate the contents of this letter to my dear Wife . . .--for I am determined that the world and the Church at large would not forget that the Power of the Grace of God converted me a Jew to the Knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour and our God! I write this and sign it now in the presence of the undersigned witnesses . . . ."
Wolff (1795-1862) was a missionary who, in 1812, converted from Judaism to Christianity; he was best-known for his published travel journals.