III. Observations on the History and Use of Seals in England. By Henry Ellis, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary, in a Letter to Samuel Lysons, Esq. V.P. F.R.S.

Abstract

I beg, through your hands, to transmit to the Society of Antiquaries the first of a short series of Papers on the History and Use of Seals in England.Numerous and large works on Seals have appeared upon the Continent, but in England, with the exception of Mr. Lewis's Treatise, they have only been incidentally illustrated.The observations which I propose to lay, from time to time, before the Society, will perhaps be found to contain some curious facts; but they are rather intended to produce inquiry than offered on my own part, as even approximating to a complete Memoir.