The commercial and political atlas and Statistical breviary / William Playfair ; edited and introduced by Howard Wainer, Ian Spence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Playfair, William, 1759-1823.

Contributor:

Wainer, Howard.

Spence, Ian, 1944-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Statistics--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Commerce--Early works to 1800.

Commerce.

Great Britain--Commerce--History--18th century.

History.

Europe--Statistics--Early works to 1800.

Europe.

Statistics--Graphic methods.

Statistics.

Genre:

Statistics.

Penn Provenance:

Wainer, Howard (autograph) (RBC copy)

Pollack, John, 1967- (donor) (inscription) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

1 volume( varous paging) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Playfair's Statistical breviary

Statistical breviary

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

This full colour reproduction, with new explanatory information, makes Playfair's wisdom widely available for the first time in centuries.

Notes:

A full color reproduction of the Atlas, 3rd. ed., and of the Breviary, both published in London by J. Wallis, 1801.

"Bibliography: variations of the Atlas and Breviary": pages 32-33.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Contains:

Playfair, William, 1759-1823. Commercial and political atlas.

Playfair, William, 1759-1823. Statistical breviary.

ISBN:

0521855543

OCLC:

58604637