Józef Wolff

Józef Ludwik Wolff (born December 15, 1852, in Warsaw, died August 9, 1900, in Heidelberg) was a Polish historian, bookseller, heraldist and genealogist.

He was born into the family of a merchant and banker of Jewish origin, Ludwik Wolff and Józefina née Zdzieniecka.

After graduating from high schools in Poland, he studied economic sciences in Leipzig.

Later he moved to St. Petersburg, where, in addition to his bookselling activities, he conducted source research on the Lithuanian Metrica.

Of Wolff's unpublished legacy, we should mention the manuscript of his four-volume work Herbarz szlachty litewskiej, which burned down along with his book collection of 2,100 items at the Krasiński Library in Warsaw in 1944.