An identical model can be found at the MIH in La Chaux de Fonds For more information, consult the book Le Magicien des Maillardet, the adventure of an extraordinary automaton by Hélène Fima-Leonardi.
The questions and answers of the magician of La Chaux de fond are in Spanish. Ours is bilingual in French and English and therefore is the one that traveled across Europe for temporary exhibitions and sold in a lottery at the end of the 19th century and found in a chayette sale Fronteau collection.