Key to the Secrets of Nature (1804-1821) - Page 11

unreadable? This marginal note, possibly "nedop." (abbreviation for "not permitted"), is confusing given the official approval below. It likely refers to a specific administrative filing code or a later archival note.

Permission to print is granted

on the condition that after printing, and before being released from the printing house, seven copies of this book shall be submitted to the Censorship Committee for delivery to the appropriate authorities in accordance with the laws. In 19th-century Russia, publishers were required to provide "legal deposit" copies to the state for record-keeping and further monitoring. Moscow, May 24th, 1820.

Ordinary Professor, Collegiate Counselor

A "Collegiate Counselor" was a high-ranking civil service grade in the Russian Table of Ranks, equivalent to a colonel in the army.

and Cavalier, Vasily Kotelnitsky.

Vasily Mikhailovich Kotelnitsky (1770–1844) was a professor of medicine at Moscow University who frequently served as a censor for scientific and philosophical texts.