Of the many bound prints from our Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design collection that were recently digitized, there are a few in particular that stand out. In these prints, French architect Germain Boffrand depicts the step-by-step process employed by Swiss founder Jean-Baltazar Keller to build a larger-than-life, 38-metric-ton sculpture of King Louis XIV on horseback, including...

Mechanical calculators have existed in one form or another since the mid 17th century. Early calculator designs, such as Thomas de Colmar’s Arithmometer, presented its mechanics though relatively simple interfaces that required the user to input values through sliders or dials. What the comptometer, patented by Dorr E. Felt in 1887, brought to the world...

This poster, for a tribute concert to the music of Thelonious Monk at the Jazz Festival Willisau, can be categorized a few ways. It’s one of the 17 posters we have by Swiss graphic designer Niklaus Troxler (a Willisau native and jazz lover who first organized the jazz festival in 1975). It’s also one of the...