The hardcover book, written in English, covers all four villages known for this unique art form. The first seven pages serve as the introduction and cover some of the history and techniques of lacquer art. The villages of Fedoskino, Palekh, Mstiora and Kholui are then covered, beginning with a two page history of each one and followed by dozens of box pictures from prominent artists. 287 pages. Text by M. Albedil. ISBN No. 9785966300821. Note that most of the content and text is covered in a similar book Russian Lacquer Miniatures ($85) and some of the content is covered in the softcover book Russian Lacquer Miniatures ($35). (You might say that this book occupies a happy medium between those two in both content and price.)