herman de vries. Two publications with original plant collages

(1) Vijf manifesten over taal - fünf manifeste über sprache - five language manifests - / - en een gedicht. - und ein gedicht. - and a poem. Bern, Artists Press, 1975. Staple-bound, 30 x 22 cm, 30 pp. Xeroxed typed and handwritten texts, with one sheet containing a dried plant collage. Published in a numbered edition of 185. This is an unnumbered copy, a gift from the artist to the former owner. Creasing and soiling to covers, interior and the mounted plant in very good condition.

(2) herman de vries, On Language. Ijmuiden, Subvers, August 1972. Published as Subvers 8, edited by Hans Clavin. Numbered copy 577/600. Softcover, 29.5 x 21 cm, 46 pp. Includes one page with pasted-in dried grass. Cover with mild toning and edge wear, interior and grass collage in very good condition. (total 2)