Flights of Fancy, Mechanical Singing Birds, 2001

Sharon and Christian Bailly, Antiquorum Editions, 2001, no. 1650 of a limited edition of 2000, 376 pages, text in French and English, with numerous and detailed color illustrations, index, bibliography, CD-ROM (untested), embossed fabric-covered cover and dust jacket. Condition: overall good, usual wear on dust jacket, small offset glue spot on inside back cover. - Note: Perhaps the definitive reference work on singing bird boxes and singing bird automata, with sections dedicated to masters and lesser known makers, historical background and social history as well as technical illustrations and the family trees of Jaquet-Droz, Frisard, Rochat, Bruguier and Bontems.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)