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(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1974. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1974 as the twefth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 12" reprints a much-expanded version of the innovative Swiss artist's volume containing scores of loose, printed sheets originally produced in 1965 for Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation presented in a Roth-illustrated cardboard clamshell box. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild rubbing along a few edges of the exterior box. Inventory Number: 026704