SCHMID (Peter). - Lot 267

SCHMID (Peter). Journey to China. Translated from the German by Henry Daussy. Paris, Horizons de France, Visages du Monde series, 1957. Large quarto, publisher’s cloth binding with illustrated dust jacket. French first edition of this remarkable photographic reportage devoted to the People’s Republic of China a few years after the 1949 revolution. Swiss photographer and journalist Peter Schmid traveled throughout the country and produced a richly illustrated account featuring 110 heliogravure photographs, accompanied by a fold-out map of his itinerary. The book documents Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, the Yangtze River, the countryside, the people’s communes, ports, markets, transportation, historic sites, and daily life, offering a record that has now become a historical document on China in the 1950s. A beautiful photo album from the *Visages du Monde* collection, renowned for the quality of its reproductions. Condition: Complete copy with its fold-out map. Publisher’s cloth binding in good condition. Dust jacket missing, replaced by a modern protective sleeve. A few creases and scattered small foxing spots on the first few pages, as well as some signs of wear; interior clean overall.