Facetia

Facetia (singular; plural: facetiae) is a European literary genre from the epoch of Renaissance of short humorous stories: jokes, jests, witticisms; drollery, often obscene or coarse,

The first printed joke book is Facetiae (full title: Poggii Florentini Oratoris clarissimi facetiarum liber) by Poggio Bracciolini, first published in 1470 and reprinted many times, although earlier manuscripts of this type are known, e..g., Libellus de facetiis Rudolfi regis ("A Little Book with Facetiae about King Rudolph") by a Strasbourg clergyman Albert of Strasbourg, which contained anecdotes about Rudolf I of Germany (erroneously attributed to a certain Albertus Argentinensis). Since then many other authors printed collections of facetiae, in Latin, and later in other European languages.

Other notable collections

 * Faceciae Polskie abo Żartowne a trefne powieście biesiadne ... teraz znowu poprawione i przydano (Polish Faceciae, Or...)
 * Facetiae facetiarum, hoc est joco-seriorum fasciculus novus
 * It contains a number of facetious parodies of scientific and philosophical treatises: Delineatio Summorum Capitum Lustitudinis studenticae In Nonnullis Academiis ufitata, p.1. Discursus Methodicus de Peditu, eiusque speciebus, crepitu & isio, in Theses digestus, p. 17. Disputatio Feudalis de cucurbitatione, p. 43. Disputatio Inauguralis, Thcoretico-Practica, de Ivre Potadini, p. 55. Nobile scabiei encomiun, p. 101. Bonus mulier sive Centuria Iuridica Practica Quaestionum illustrium : de Mulieribus vel uxoribus, p. 139. Iucunda de osculis Dissertatio historica, Philolica, p. 185. Theses inaugurales de Virginibus, p. 251. Disputatio de Iure et Natura pennalium, p. 303. De multisciis studiosis et magistris, p. 333. Theses de cochleatione, p. 379. De Hanreitate, p. 445. Theses de hsione et hasibili qualitate, p. 511. Floia cortum versicalem, p. 531. Disputatio de Cornelio et eiudem natura Ac Propietate, p. 539. De Beanis, p. 559.