They originated in Early Modern Europe - so I'm focusing on the same era that the majority of the witch hunting took place. Produced cheaply, they were commonly small, paper booklets folded into 8, 12, 16 or 24 pages - a bit like zines I guess if I'm looking at a modern interpretation. They were often illustrated with crude woodcuts, which were sometimes irrelevant to the text inside.
The tradition cropped up in the 16th century and rose to popularity in the 17th and 18th. Political and religious tracts were often published as chapbooks. (Wiki)
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