Physical description
Red cloth large hardcover book. Title is written on the front cover and on spine in gold. Small gold circle pattern on front cover. The book contains 100 coloured plates, 32 b/w plates with images of peasant handicraft. The book includes table of content, index, bibliography and a library due date card inside back cover, it was borrowed by Donald Ferguson(an art lecturer)on 13 May 1957. Page numbers written in roman numerals.
Inscriptions & markings
Inside front cover there is a plate titled "Ballarat Technical Art School Library no. R/345". Each page has a caption under the image stating what the image shows in 3 different languages.