NERVAL (Gérard de) - MOCKEL (Francis). Aurélia ou le rêve de la vie. Paris: Le Livre contemporain, les Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, [1980]. -In-folio, leaves, filled cover, publisher's slipcase. Edition printed at 160 copies on Arches vellum, signed by the artist, illustrated with 25 original aquatints by painter and engraver Francis MOCKEL (b. 1940). One of 140 copies reserved for members, this one (no. 54) specially printed for the typographer Pierre Jean Mathan. It includes the following items: - Menu illustrated with an aquatint signed by the artist. - Studies signed by the artist with original drawings for the frontispiece of the second part and for pages 38-39, 72, 86-87 and 102. - One of 15 suites of original aquatints, including fourteen plates with remarks, on Angoumois "Bleu Révolution" paper. Each proof is signed by Mockel and numbered 2/15. A perfectly preserved copy. Provenance: Pierre Jean Mathan Collection.