The letter is written in black fountain pen on beige paper, featuring a vertical and horizontal central fold (see photos). On the first page, at the top left, there is a handwritten note in red pencil: "Mme David Neel (correspondence)." It is accompanied by a printed business card in the name of Alexandra David-Neel with two handwritten notes, one in ink, "André Lebon," and the other in pencil, "Mission de l'inst...
" Only the first page of the letter (out of two) is presented in this announcement.