Chalcography

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The art of engraving on copper or steel plates.
  • noun. A collection of engraved plates and prints. The chalcography of the Louvre was established by Louis XIV. and contains now about 6,000 plates from which impressions are still made and sold.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.
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  • noun. engraving on copper or brass
    • Word Usage
    "They have in their employ some of the very finest line engravers living, and their album of proofs, which I have seen, contains some really magnificent specimens of chalcography."
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