Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) was an Italian
statesman who served as Prime Minister of
Italy five times between 1892 and 1921.
Giolitti is widely considered one of the
most powerful and important politicians
in Italian history. The period between
the start of the 20th century and the start
of World War I, when he was Prime Minister
and Minister of the Interior from 1901 to 1914,
with only brief interruptions, is often referred
to as the "Giolittian Era".
Giolitti served as Minister of the Interior on
five occasions, as well as serving as the
Prime Minister of Italy on five occasions.
His complex legacy continues to stimulate
intense debate among writers and historians.
Leonardo Bianchi (1848-1927) was an
Italian neuropathologist who later in his
career became involved in politics.
Bianchi was a professor of psychiatry and
neuropathology at the Universities of Palermo
and Naples. He founded the Psychiatric
Institute of Naples in 1882. In 1905, he was
the Minister of Public Education, and in 1919
became a member of the Italian Senate.
His best known work is La Meccanica del
Cervello (The Mechanism of the Brain).
Bianchi is remembered for his studies
and experiments of the frontal lobe.
He described the lobe as the center of
coordination and fusion of the incoming
and outgoing products of the sensory
and motor areas of the cortex.
Unfolded, the letter is about 10" by 8".
It is dated February 11, 1913.
It is typed on a sheet of stationery of
the Italian Ministry of the Interior. Giolitti
was serving as the Minister of the Interior
at the time this letter was written.
The typed portion of the letter reads as
follows (Italian first, then English translation):
Caro Bianchi
Nessuna richiesta di sussidio a favore
del comune di Montesarchio per provvedimenti
igienici risulta pervenuta al ministero.
Ove giungesse avro presente , nell 'esaminarla,
il tuo interessamento.
Cordiali saluti,
Dear Bianchi
No request for subsidy in favor
of the municipality of Montesarchio for hygienic
measures has been received by the ministry.
Wherever it arrives, I will have your interest
in mind in examining it.
Sincerely,
This letter is in very good condition.
This letter comes with a certificate of authenticity
from JG Autographs. Please note that the certificate
of authenticity identifies Bianchi's signature, but
missed identifying Giolitti as the writer of the letter.
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