COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Playfair, William, 1759-1823
Date:
1789
Short Title:
Tableau de la dette nationale d'Angleterre ...
Publisher:
Chez Barrois l'aîné
Publisher Location:
Paris
Type:
Diagram
Obj Height cm:
21
Obj Width cm:
32
Note:
Two charts showing the national debt of England from 1688 until 1786 (Fig. 1e), and the reduction of the debt of England (Fig. 2e). With years on the x-axis and measurements on the y-axis. Includes explanatory notes. Hand-colored engraving on Planche 9. Together, charts are 21 x 32 cm, on fold-out sheet 25 x 40 cm. Descriptive text appears on pages 41-47 for Fig. 1e and 48-51 for Fig. 2e.
Subject:
Commerce; Economics
Subject:
Data Visualization
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
Tableau de la dette nationale d'Angleterre depuis 1688, jusqu'en 1786 -- Tableau de la diminution de la dette d'Angleterre en y apptiquant un fond de 24 millions par an.
List No:
14319.062
Page No:
9
Series No:
62
Engraver or Printer:
Playfair, William, 1759-1823
Publication Author:
Playfair, William, 1759-1823
Pub Date:
1789
Pub Title:
Tableaux d'arithmétique linéaire, du commerce, des finances, et de la dette nationale de l'Angleterre. Par M. W. Playfair. Suivis d'un Essai sur la meilleure manière de faire les emprunts publics; d'après la comparaison des emprunts perpétuels et des annuités de quinze années, en Angleterre; par le même auteur. Le tout traduit de l'Anglois. Avec douze Planches enluminées. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, Libraire, Quai des Augustins. 1789.
Pub Note:
Tableaux d'arithmétique linéaire, du commerce, des finances, et de la dette nationale de l'Angleterre, by William Playfair, published in Paris, 1789. Title translates to: Linear arithmetic, trade, finance, and national debt tables of England. Bound in board decorated with marbled paper. Leather spine and corners. Gilded spine title and floral decorations. In quarto: xv, [1], 2-87, [88], 12 (1-9, X, XI, 12) leaves of plates containing 13 charts. Includes a dedication, preface, essay and descriptive text for each chart. Charts use data visualization to illustrate the economy of England, including international trade, military expenses, and national debt. Hand-colored lithographs by Playfair and Pillot, with exquisite graphic design, communicating complex information at a glance. Playfair (1759–1823) pioneered the presentation of quantitative information by visual means. He invented the time series graph or line chart, the bar chart, and the pie chart, beginning in 1786. “Over the course of the next half century, Playfair’s line graph, which counterposed two quantitative axes, (one for time, the other for economic measures such as exports, imports and debts) became on of the most recognizable chronographic forms.“ (Rosenberg & Grafton, Cartographies of Time (2010) pp. 136).
Pub List No:
14319.000
Pub Type:
Statistical Atlas
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
13
Pub Height cm:
26
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
14319062.jp2
Authors:
Playfair, William, 1759-1823
