NMLP P-025138 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson · James Munroe & Co. (Boston) · 1836

US true first, 1836, published anonymously. Emerson's foundational essay, first printing about 1,500 copies. The second edition (1849) drops the Plotinus prose motto and substitutes Emerson's own six-line verse beginning 'A subtle chain of countless rings.'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-025138 for "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-025138, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).