Billingbear Book List Page 24

Topic: Billingbear Book List Page 24

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• The local wiki page identifies four pre-1616 books on this catalog page.
• The same page lists:

“Grassi, Giacomo - "Ragione di adoprar sicuramente l'arme si da offesa, come da difesa, con un trattato dell'inganno, & con un modo di essercitarsi da se stesso, per acquistare forza, giudicio, & prestezza" (Venice, 1570) - USTC 833965”

• The same page lists:

“Guarini, Giovanni Battista - "Il Pastor Fido" (Venice, 1602) - USTC 4035216”

• The same page lists:

“Machiavelli, Niccolo - "Il principe di Niccolo Machiavelli al magnifico Lorenzo di Piero de Medici" (Florence, 1551) - USTC 839363”

• The same page lists:

“Minadoi, Giovanni Tommaso - "Historia della guerra fra turchi, et persiani" (Venice, 1594) - USTC 842794”

• A 2026-04-21 web audit confirmed that the page-24 titles are externally plausible and tied to public facsimile/catalog trails. The later direct PNG inspection of IMG_8184.png supplies the local page-image witness for the core cluster, though a final diplomatic transcription is still needed for exact spellings and abbreviation expansion.

• The working Billingbear transcription gives a direct local witness for this page at IMG_8184.png. It confirms the four core page-24 entries: Grassi's arms treatise, Guarini's Il Pastor Fido, Machiavelli's Il Principe cluster, and Minadoi's Ottoman-Persian war history.

• Direct PNG inspection by Codex on 2026-04-21 confirms that the Grassi, Guarini, Machiavelli, and Minadoi cluster is visibly present in IMG_8184.png and matches the working transcription in substance. The page is photographed sideways and partial, so exact spellings such as Offesa/Offessa and abbreviation expansion should remain subject to final paleographic review.

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• No Ken Feinstein Twitter/blog material is isolated in this packet at present.

3. Quoted Source Text

Billingbear Book List Page 24 wiki page

• “Grassi, Giacomo - "Ragione di adoprar sicuramente l'arme si da offesa, come da difesa, con un trattato dell'inganno, & con un modo di essercitarsi da se stesso, per acquistare forza, giudicio, & prestezza" (Venice, 1570) - USTC 833965”
• “Guarini, Giovanni Battista - "Il Pastor Fido" (Venice, 1602) - USTC 4035216”
• “Machiavelli, Niccolo - "Il principe di Niccolo Machiavelli al magnifico Lorenzo di Piero de Medici" (Florence, 1551) - USTC 839363”
• “Minadoi, Giovanni Tommaso - "Historia della guerra fra turchi, et persiani" (Venice, 1594) - USTC 842794”

Working transcription, IMG_8184.png

• “Ragioni di adoprar sicuramente l'Arme si da Offesa, come da Difesa di Giacomo di Grassi ... Ven. 1570.”
• “Il Pastor Fido del Guarini ... Ven. 1602”
• “Il Principe di Nicolo Machiavelli ... Firen. 1551.”
• “Historia della Guerra fra Turchi et Persiani di Gio. Tomaso Minadoi da Rovigo ... Ven. 1594.”

Direct PNG inspection, 2026-04-21

• IMG_8184.png: the page image visibly contains the Grassi, Guarini, Machiavelli, and Minadoi cluster recorded in the working transcription. The inspection confirms the entry cluster, not a final diplomatic reading of every character.

4. Citations

• “Book List Page 24.” Henry Neville Research Wiki, 25 Oct. 2020, http://nevilleresearch.com/index.php?title=Book_List_Page_24.
• Feinstein, Ken. “My Discovery of Neville's Library and Shakespeare Research.” kenfeinstein.blogspot.com, 9 Sept. 2019, https://kenfeinstein.blogspot.com/2019/09/my-discovery-of-nevilles-library-and.html.
• Billingbear Book List Transcription, IMG_8184.png. Working local transcription: Billingbear_Book_List_Transcription.md. Page image: IMG_8184.png.

5. Notes on Access

• This is a page-level preservation packet. The book data now comes from both the local Neville wiki summary and the working transcription keyed to IMG_8184.png.
• The cluster on this page is heavily Italianate and military-political. That is descriptive of the listed books only; it should not be expanded into inference unless the underlying catalog page is cited directly.
• Web audit result: public facsimiles can verify that these editions exist; the working transcription and direct PNG inspection provide the local Billingbear witness. A final diplomatic transcription is still needed for exact spellings, braces, and abbreviations.
• The wiki page links the following public resources for the listed books:
• Grassi Google Books copy
• Guarini Google Books copy
• Machiavelli Google Books copy
• Machiavelli Bodleian location
• Minadoi Archive.org copy