1913 letter SIGNED by the Prime Minister of Italy AND by Dr. Leonardo Bianchi for Sale

1913 letter SIGNED by the Prime Minister of Italy AND by Dr. Leonardo Bianchi For Sale

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1913 letter SIGNED by the Prime Minister of Italy AND by Dr. Leonardo Bianchi:
$125.00

This is a letter from the well-known Italianstatesman Giovanni Giolittito the notableItalian scientist Leonardo Bianchi.What makes this letter of particular interestis that it was signed by both of these men.This letter is written inItalian.
Theletter is typed, with somehandwritingat the end of the letter.
Giolitti signed the letter in black ink.
Bianchi added a handwritten note justbelow Giolitti's signature. Bianchi thenadded his signature (also in black ink)to his handwrittennote (see scans).
Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) was anItalianstatesman who served as Prime Minister ofItaly five times between 1892 and 1921.
Giolitti is widely considered one of themost powerful and important politiciansin Italian history. The period betweenthe start of the 20th century and the startof World War I, when he was Prime Ministerand Minister of the Interior from 1901 to 1914,with only brief interruptions, is often referredto as the "Giolittian Era".
Giolitti served as Minister of the Interior onfive occasions, as well asserving as thePrimeMinister of Italyonfive occasions.His complexlegacy continues tostimulateintense debateamong writers and historians.
Leonardo Bianchi(1848-1927) wasanItalian neuropathologist wholaterin hiscareer became involved in politics.
Bianchi was a professor of psychiatryandneuropathology at the Universitiesof Palermoand Naples. Hefounded thePsychiatricInstitute of Naples in 1882.In 1905, he wasthe Minister of PublicEducation, and in 1919became a memberof the Italian Senate.
His best known work is La MeccanicadelCervello (The Mechanism of the Brain).
Bianchi is remembered for his studiesand experiments of the frontal lobe.He described the lobe as the center ofcoordination and fusion of the incomingand outgoing products of the sensoryand 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 ofthe Italian Ministry of the Interior. Giolittiwas serving as the Minister of the Interiorat the time this letter was written.
The typed portion of the letter readsasfollows (Italian first, then English translation):Caro Bianchi
Nessuna richiesta di sussidio a favoredel comune di Montesarchio per provvedimentiigienici risulta pervenuta al ministero.
Ove giungesse avro presente , nell 'esaminarla,il tuo interessamento.
Cordiali saluti,
Dear Bianchi
No request for subsidy in favorof the municipality of Montesarchio for hygienicmeasures has been received by the ministry.
Wherever it arrives, I will have your interestin mind in examining it.
Sincerely,
This letter is in very goodcondition.This letter comes with a certificateof authenticityfrom JG Autographs.Please note that thecertificateofauthenticity identifies Bianchi'ssignature, butmissed identifyingGiolitti as the writer of the letter.

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