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Real estate and buildings at Palaiola, owned by the family from 1677 to 1864

Hand-drawn map

Orsetti (formerly Diodati) Palace in Lucca, owned by the family from 1661 to 1963

Manlio Fulvio. Il Palazzo Civico di Lucca. Lucca: Maria Pacini Fazzi.

Postcards from Lucca

Cards sent to Spencer librarians by Rubinstein Collection researchers.

Postcards from Lucca

Cards sent to Spencer librarians by Rubinstein Collection researchers.

Villa at Marlia, owned by the family from 1651 to 1806

Reproduction of “Prospetto della Villa Orsetti a Marlia,” engraving by Francesco Venturi (1673-after 1711) in Harold Acton. Villas of Tuscany. New York: Thames and Hudson.

Altopascio, owned by the family from 1646 to at least 1833

Estiti del Grano d’Altopasso [grain production accounts].

Portrait of Stefano Orsetti

Reproduced from Manlio Fulvio, 1985. Il Palazzo Civico di Lucca. Lucca: Maria Pacini Fazzi, p. 59.

Orsetti family crest

Reproduced from the cover.

Inventory

Bernardino Orsetti, former owner. Inventario Generale.