Facetiae facetiarum, hoc est, ioco-seriorum fasciculus novus. Pathopoli [Leiden] Apud Gelastinum Severum (Philippe de Croy), MDCXLV [1645].
(125 x 80 mm) pp. 301. Signatures: π2, A- M12, N7; D3 duplicated; R used for K3; L for M3. Engraved frontispiece with two scenes, title page, table of contents, and prelims. Ornaments and headpieces throughout. Roman, italic, Greek, and fraktur type. Contemporary (17th c.) boards, pen work decoration on spine and spine label. Boards stained, front hinge slightly cracked and end bands chipped, but binding still very firm. Full title includes: Exhibens varia variorum autorum scripta, non tam lectu jucunda et jocosa; amoena et amanda, quam lectu vere digna et utilia, multisve moralibus ad mores seculi nostri accomodata, illustrata et adornata. Ownership inscription: J. W. Pucci 1941 and an older pen on title page of John le Conte. Overall Very Good.
Titled “Joke of Jokes, a new batch of serious Jokes,” this little book functions as the Animal House of the 17th century. Each section parodies high academic language, but deals with college-level humour ranging from the Right to Drink, the lusts of students, and virgins.
“A collection of 18 mock theses, disputations, and other pieces of student humour with many passages in German & one entire piece in Hight & Low German (Hans Pumbsack)” — German Baroque Literature.