(letter is a copy in M.P.’s hand)

Photograph : b&w (C. Capitano, Brescia), 1898
P1 L’amico Giueseppe Cesare Abba 

A stand-alone letter found inserted in the pages of a taccuini.

P1–6 Portraits of Pratesi as a young man

P1–9 Portraits of Pratesi in middle age

P1–18 Portraits of Pratesi as an older man

P1 Portrait of Pratesi’s dog, Speranza 

P5 Giosue Carducci 

P3 Postcard of V. Ceccherini, to Gino Bandini (autographed) 

P4 Alessandro Gherardi 

P6 Adelaide Maraini with daughter Mimi Moris 

P1 Jessie Hillebrand

P2 Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga

P1 Unidentified woman 

P6 Gino Bandini (second in right hand row, with moustache) seated at dining table with group (some identified on verso)  

P2 Giosue Carducci (autographed)

P5 Gabriele D'Annunzio with other (identified) men 

P3 Giosue Carducci with walking stick amongst group, including Pratesi, outdoors (autograph caption by Pratesi)

P4 Giuseppe Verdi (autographed)

P5 Percy B. Shelley 

P6 Isidoro Del Lungo (autographed, 1915) 

P7 Dante Pratesi in military uniform 

P3 General Cadorna in uniform (autographed) 

P2 Renato Fucini (autographed)

P4 Clemente Maraini

P1 Seated man - probably Atto Vannucci

P6 Cavour 

P4 Probably Giacomo Barzellotti 

P5 Alfonso Bertoldi (autographed) 

P7 Amelia Rey Colaco (autographed, 1926) 

P1 Ernesto Nathan (autographed) 

P2 Gerolamo Rovetta 

P3 Guido Mazzoni (autographed) 

P8 Amelia Rey Colaco holding young girl (autographed)  

File consists of various legal documents and biographical records concerning the Pratesi family, compiled by Igino Pratesi (Mario's father) for the creation of a family history. 

Information compiled by Igino Pratesi.

With a letter from Augusta Bandini in the appendix of one.

Includes typed transcriptions.

Also 2 letters from Altobelli.

Letters of writer and academic Ugo Ojetti to Gino Bandini, followed by letters of Ugo Ojetti's widow, Fernanda Ojetti, to Gino Bandini.

Addressed mostly to Giorgio Bandini, Gino Bandini's son.

Printed and handwritten copies of Pratesi's early poems and writings.

Pratesi's first prose article.

Pratesi's poem that appeared in La domenica del Fracassa newspaper.

Poem by Pratesi.

Probably an unpublished manuscript.

Comments on the work of A. Franchi.

Pratesi's handwritten notes, possibly for a poem. 

Handwritten draft of a story called "Karen" along with a typed transcription. Submitted to Pratesi for feedback.

NOTE: Reviews are stored in an oversize folder.

Includes Pratesi's handwritten transcription of a review in Rassegna Settimanale Universale.

Handwritten review.

Articles that reference Pratesi and his work.

Angelo De Gubernatis's handwritten review of Le Rive della Bormida nel 1794 by Giuseppe Cesare Abba.

Mario Pratesi's obituary in Giornale d'Italia.

Cena was a poet and editor of the periodical Nuova Antologia.

Miscellaneous clippings with some comments by Pratesi.

Handwritten, probably regarding "Giuseppe Cesare Abba e Mario Pratesi: Mezzo secolo di amicizia in un carteggion inedito" (1932).

Three-dimensional bronze award presented to Bandini in recognition of his sacred duty to Italians in Chile.

Measurements: 20.5 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm

Includes an attachment: a letter from Santandrea to an unidentified client requesting a copy of Pratesi's work, dated 20 May 1921.

Not originally intended for Pratesi, but eventually ended up in his possession. Includes a note written in Pratesi's hand: "Letter given to me by Mr. Enrico Mayer. It was meant for Ugo Foscolo and it was found among his papers."  (translated)

Later revised when Dante Pratesi passed away.

A copy of Il Giornale d’Italia with an article written by Gino Bandini on the fortieth anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi’s death. Also included are the original letters written by Verdi's contemporaries at the time of his passing in 1901 that were incorporated into Bandini's article:

• Daudet, Ernest
• Fogazzaro, Antonio
• Graf, Arturo
• Mantegazza, Paolo
• Prévost, Marcel
• Rapisardi, Mario
• Sardou, Victorien
• Sabatier, Paul
• Salvini, Tommaso
• Villari, Pasquale