Annually published books and sheets based on the calendar with the observations on the passage of time, the seasons, astronomical data and the interpretation of these data.

Broadsheets (or broadsides) is a portmanteau term referring to a form of prints consisting of only a single sheet, printed on one side only in the case of broadsides.

A widely used genre of broadsides commissioned by authorities were official forms. Such forms included indulgences, certificates, permissions, receipts, bills of sale and similar genres.

Lottery was a game of chance in the early modern period. A lottery ticket was bought in order to participate in a lottery. In these days two forms of lotteries were current in Europe: the lotto and the class lottery.

Proclamations or ordinances, usually from the state government, notified the population of official decrees and laws.