%pylab inline
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib as mpl
import seaborn as sns
typessns = pd.DataFrame.from_csv(\'C:/data/testesns.csv\', inde
mpl.rc is stored in a global dictionary (see http://matplotlib.org/users/customizing.html).
So, if you only want to change the size of one figure (locally), it will do the trick:
plt.figure(figsize=(45,10))
sns.factorplot(...)
It worked for me using matplotlib-1.4.3 and seaborn-0.5.1