Edward R. Tufte.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.
Graphics Press, 1983.

Bibtex:

@Book{           tufte:1983:VDQI,
  author = 	 "Edward R. Tufte",
  title = 	 "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information",
  publisher = 	 "Graphics Press",
  year = 	 "1983",
}