In 1640, Matija Kleinmayr founded a bookstore in Klagenfurt, and in 1782, his grandson Ignac Alojz was granted permission to start a printing house in Ljubljana. In that same year, Ignac Alojz Kleinmayr began to publish the Wöchentlicher Auszug aus Zeitungen, while in 1784, he also took up the publishing of the Laybacherischer Schreib-Kalender, and the Laibacher Zeitung along with its supplements. In 1794, Ignac Alojz left the company to his wife Tekla who leased it to Andrej Glassler the following year. After her husband’s death, a regional office extended Tekla’s printing, bookselling, and newspaper rights. Nevertheless, the company ran into serious financial difficulties during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the times of Illyrian Provinces, the company was led by Jožef Sassenberg. Between the years 1819 and 1848, Ignacij Kleinmayr, the next member of the Kleinmayr family, was publishing Illyrisches Blatt. In 1846, he entered a partnership to form Ig. pl. Kleinmayr & Fed. Bamberg company.

This collection consists of printed materials published when the company was led by Ignac Alojz Kleinmayr, Tekla Kleinmayr, Andrej Gassler, Jožef Sasseberg, and Ignacij Kleinmayr.