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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:N/A:RUMSEY~8~1~347473~90114926 2024-09-15T18:09:48+00:00 (Text Page to) Preface (2). An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations, illustrated by four engraved charts. By William Playfair, author of notes and continuation of an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, by Adam Smith, L.L.D. and inventor of linear arithmetic, &c. Designed to shew how the prosperity of the British Empire may be prolonged. London: W. Marchant, Printer, 3, Greville-Street, Holborn. Printed for Greenland and Norris, 2, Finsbury-Place, Finsbury-Square. 1805. Text: Preface (2). Playfair, William, 1759-1823 Marchant, W. 1805 Full Image Download in JP2 Format 27 41 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~347473~90114926 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/199/14294006.jpg unknown Greenland and Norris London 14294.000 https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~347473~90114926 https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/199/14294006.jpg 14294.006 Statistical Atlas Text Page 1805 ftdavidrumseyc 2024-08-09T09:16:32Z Preface to An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations. Text begins: If it is of importance to study by what means a nation may acquire wealth and power, it is not less so to discover by what means wealth and power, when once acquired may be preserved . Second and third of twelve pages. William Playfair's An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations . , published in London by Greenland and Norris, 1805. First edition; second edition published in 1807. Pagination: [i-iii], iv-xx, [1], 2-301, with [4] fold-out leaves of plates throughout. Includes a preface, table of contents, and historical text, followed by an index. Marbled page edges, now faded. This copy has embossing on title page: Library of the University of Detroit. Plates contain four hand-colored engraved charts showing worldwide economic histories and international relationships, as well as the populations and square miles of nations. The exquisite graphics convey the data through easily comprehensible visuals, which are also stunningly beautiful in pastel hues. William Playfair was the inventor of statistical graphs, and thus a pioneer in infographics and data visualization. "Playfair’s charts can thus be understood as a direct response to the profusion of knowledge and information that we associate with the Enlightenment specifically and with the eighteenth century more generally. This seeming explosion of information—the sheer proliferation of raw data—is, of course, what enables Playfair’s time-series graphs" (Sachs). Full text transcription available via Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16575/16575-h/16575-h.htm http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=jonathan-sachs-17861801-william-playfair-statistical-graphics-and-the-meaning-of-an-event Text Greenland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) |
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Preface to An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations. Text begins: If it is of importance to study by what means a nation may acquire wealth and power, it is not less so to discover by what means wealth and power, when once acquired may be preserved . Second and third of twelve pages. William Playfair's An inquiry into the permanent causes of the decline and fall of powerful and wealthy nations . , published in London by Greenland and Norris, 1805. First edition; second edition published in 1807. Pagination: [i-iii], iv-xx, [1], 2-301, with [4] fold-out leaves of plates throughout. Includes a preface, table of contents, and historical text, followed by an index. Marbled page edges, now faded. This copy has embossing on title page: Library of the University of Detroit. Plates contain four hand-colored engraved charts showing worldwide economic histories and international relationships, as well as the populations and square miles of nations. The exquisite graphics convey the data through easily comprehensible visuals, which are also stunningly beautiful in pastel hues. William Playfair was the inventor of statistical graphs, and thus a pioneer in infographics and data visualization. "Playfair’s charts can thus be understood as a direct response to the profusion of knowledge and information that we associate with the Enlightenment specifically and with the eighteenth century more generally. This seeming explosion of information—the sheer proliferation of raw data—is, of course, what enables Playfair’s time-series graphs" (Sachs). Full text transcription available via Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16575/16575-h/16575-h.htm http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=jonathan-sachs-17861801-william-playfair-statistical-graphics-and-the-meaning-of-an-event |
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