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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive8
Brotherton Collection5
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection5

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contract law14
art books8
publishing8
letter writing6
conditions of employment4
business management3
royalties3
death2
illustrations2
legal procedure2

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Genoa, Italy1
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Nice, France1
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Archive File

Business

1832-1907

Memoranda on copyright, circulars on the price of publications and methods of printing music, prints of Novello's new building at 16 Wardour Street, business contracts and legal documents on the estab...

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Untitled manuscript on Islamic law

17th century

The text concerns Islamic law: marriage, divorce, inheritance, contracts, etcetera. No author identified. The date could be 18th century. Folios at the beginning and end are missing.

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Contract between Elizabeth Mahaffy and (Joseph) Alfred Novello

c. 1866

Contract between Elizabeth Mahaffy and (Joseph) Alfred Novello written in Italian.

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Edmund Penning-Rowsell to Maurice de Sausmarez

4 Feb 1963

Typewritten letter from Edmund Penning-Rowsell of Studio Books to Maurice de Sausmarez, thanking de Sausmarez for returning the memorandum of agreement and enclosing a signed copy [enclosed] for his b...

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David Herbert to Maurice de Sausmarez

11 Dec 1963

Typewritten letter from David Herbert, Chief Editor at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, clarifying a point about the royalties he is to receive from his book 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visua...

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Memorandum of Agreement for 'Painting'

8 Jul 1964

Typewritten copy of the Memorandum of Agreement between Maurice de Sausmarez and Studio Vista for the book titled 'Painting'. Annotated and signed by de Sausmarez and witnessed by his father-in-law Re...

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David Herbert to Maurice de Sausmarez

15 Sep 1965

Typewritten letter from David Herbert, Chief Editor at Studio Vista, to Maurice de Sausmarez, communicating increased royalty terms for the US edition of his book 'Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual...

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David J. Savin to Jane de Sausmarez

16 Apr 1970

Typewritten letter from the solicitor David J. Savin to Jane de Sausmarez, with the Inland Revenue Affidavit and Executors' Oath and a copy of Maurice de Sausmarez's Will [not enclosed]. Savin asks de...

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David Herbert to Jane de Sausmarez

16 Jul 1970

Typewritten letter from David Herbert, Publishing Director at Studio Vista, to Jane de Sausmarez, asking for her approval to publish a limited edition of Maurice de Sausmarez's monograph on Bridget Ri...

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'The Reasons which have determined J. Alfred Novello to reduce the price of his Musical Publications'

1 Jan 1849

Printed circular titled 'The Reasons which have determined J. Alfred Novello to reduce the price of his Musical Publications; the majority of them to the full extent of 50 per cent', explaining that h...

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Contracts between Pietro Mannati and (Joseph) Alfred Novello

1858-1870

Three contracts between Pietro Mannati and (Joseph) Alfred Novello written in Italian, dated 1858, 1868 and 1870.

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Contract between Teresa Gassin and (Joseph) Alfred Novello

12 Jan 1887

Contract between Teresa Gassin and (Joseph) Alfred Novello, written in Italian and dated 12 January 1887, with an annotated piece of paper.

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