The Swiss National Library’s collection of prints includes image documents as well as iconographic, graphic and artistic works on geography, history, customs, culture, politics and people from Switzerland.
Ever since it was established, the Swiss National Library has collected historical views that document places and landscapes in Switzerland and how they have changed.
The National Library’s collection of Schweizer Kleinmeister contains original depictions of towns, villages, landscapes and customs from every canton of Switzerland, mostly in the form of prints.
Hans Walty was a drawing instructor and painter with a passion for mushroom research. His archive is housed at the Swiss National Library’s Prints and Drawings Department.
The Emil Zbinden archive at the Prints and Drawings Department of the National Library testifies to the variety of his art and is an important source for anyone with an interest in his work.
