chalcography

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  1. The art of engraving on copper or steel plates. Commonly called line-engraving, because it is chiefly by combinations of lines, simple or crossed, that the engraver imitates textures, etc.
  2. 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.

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  1. from Greek χαλκός, copper, + -γραφία, from γράφειν, write, grave.
 

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