China. - Zhongguó 1959 (sinice: "China - Empire of the middle 1959"). A picture book. 543 pp., 4 Bl. With hundreds of partly coloured, partly mounted, partly folded or folded pictures on plates, in the text, often also double-sheet-sized after photographs (in Pag.). 38 x 30 cm. White silk line (slightly picked up, somewhat dusty, small fingerspot) with blind embossing on the back and front cover, there also with the red stamped title. Beijing, Chinese State Printing Company, 1959. ==References====External links==* Official website ==References====External links==* Official website The great fighting in the Chinese civil war ended in 1949, and in October of that year Mao Zedong proclaimed the new People's Republic of China, which is glorified in this heavy magnificient ribbon in the most dazzling colors of the country's best photographers. The picture shows the glorious Chinese industry, construction, parades and propaganda marches, but also the overwhelming landscapes, nature and wildlife, architecture, sports, the Chinese Wall, etc. A picture shows Mao with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. Numerous photographic reproductions of Chinese works of art, such as paintings and drawings, folk art, sculptures, various ornaments, etc. are followed.Many panels are glued in, some pages are designed as folding pages. The pictures convey the impression of a productive, happy and joyful life under Mao's rule, whose "Great Jump Forward" claimed an estimated 45 million deaths between 1958 and 1962. – A folding panel with a larger tear (low loss of representation) and kink marks, otherwise well preserved. – Attached a booklet China. A picture book. Captions. 4 Bl., with German translations sowie a printed dedication card "Preparatory committee for the celebrations of the 10th anniversary ==References====External links==* Official website