The camouflaged book has dimensions of 8.5 cm × 13 cm and contains 16 pages. The illustrated cover with the title Briefe deutscher Klassiker (Letters of German Classicists), the trim strip and, beneath that, the title of the series in fracture script “WzW” correspond to the standard design of the series Wege zum Wissen (Paths to Knowledge). The paper is beige and has been bound with a staple on the left side.