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PLAYFAIR WILLIAM: (1759-1823) Scottish engineer and political economist, the founder of graphical methods of statistics who invented several types of diagrams including the line, area and bar chart of economic data in 1786 and the pie chart in 1801. Playfair also worked as a secret agent for Great Britain, reporting on the French Revolution and organising a clandestine counterfeiting operation in 1793 to collapse the French currency. A.L.S., Mr. Playfair, in the third person, one page, 8vo, Rue de Marivaux (Paris), n.d., to Chevalier Eckhardt, in French. Playfair presents his compliments to his correspondent, 'et de le prier de lui faire l'honneur d'accepter les deux imprimes sous enveloppe, l'un pour Mr. Eckhardt et l'autre pour Monsieur le Baron de Batz' (Translation: 'and to ask him to do him the honour of accepting the two printed papers in an envelope [no longer present], one for Mr. Eckhardt and the other for Monsieur le Baron de Batz'). With integral address leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Jean Pierre de Batz (1754-1822) Baron de Sainte-Croix, known as the Baron de Batz. French royalist and businessman whose life and actions in the service of King Louis XVI inspired several popular novelists, including Baroness Emmuska Orczy who featured Baron de Batz in some of The Scarlet Pimpernel series of books.
