[SCENERY OF CHINA - FOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS].

中國風光 [Zhongguo Fengguang].
[China Scenes].

Beijing. China Pictorial. 1980. Stock ID #217464

Map indicating the location of all images photographed, very striking full page colour photographic illustrations throughout captioned in Chinese and English, 211pp, list of contents in both Chinese and English. Foreword by Lao Chengzhi, the onetime President of the Beijing Foreign Language Institute who later in life played a significant role in restoring China's relations with Japan. Text in simplified Chinese characters. Book in excellent condition, as is pictorial dustjacket, embossed card slip case slightly foxed in places, very good copy. 38 x 26.5cm.

The dramatic scenery from Xinjiang in the northwest to Fujian in the southeast and from Heilongjiang in the north to Yunnan in the south is conveyed in exquisite double page photgraphic illustrations on glossy paper, including a number of aerial shots, taken in all four seasons and varied weather conditions. According to Liao Chengzhi who wrote the foreword, the book was published as a contribution to the development of China's tourist undertakings and as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the PRC.

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