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BRC0011

Title

Subject

Natural History - Mexico - Illustrations

Description

Nieremberg taught humanities, natural history, and scripture at the Colegio Imperial in Madrid. Additionally, he authored about eighty separate works, mostly about religion and philosophy. His Historia naturae, which focuses largely on the natural history of Mexico, was compiled primarily from research conducted in New Spain in the 1570s by the Spanish physician naturalist Francisco Herndez (1515–1587).

Creator

Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595–1658

Source

BRC0011. Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595–1658). Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae, libris XVI. Antwerp: Plantin Office (Balthasar Moretus), 1635.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

NatHistory

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Illustrated Natural History Text

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Nieremberg, Juan Eusebio, 1595–1658, “BRC0011,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 24, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1770.