Sir
Following the 'History of Nature' timeline on your website to 1875, I arrived at the section on 'Continental copycats', which lists European publications with the same name that appeared after the birth of Nature in 1869 (http://www.nature.com/nature/history/timeline_1870s.html). It mentions, among others, a Dutch version; the illustrated monthly De Natuur was published from 1881 to 1930.
You don't, however, mention the German journal Die Natur. This was founded before Nature, in 1852, by teacher–journalist Otto Ule and botanist–pharmacist Karl August Müller. In total, 51 volumes of Die Natur were published before it closed in 1902. Issues are held in Kiel University library and elsewhere.
Do readers know of any other titles older than Germany's Die Natur and this esteemed journal?
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Zacharias, H. Tracking early arrivals on the Nature trail. Nature 450, 1156 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/4501156d
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