The collection is composed of printings made between the 16^th and 19^th centuries. The 18^th century is represented by religious and secular books, whilst the 19^th century ones are mostly military instructions and regulations. This collection has a heterogeneous composition, being constituted from works either Romanian, issued before 1866 or foreign, written before 1700. The books within the collection originate from different typographic centres covering/ spanning the entire old period of writing and printing press.