[f. mod.Gr. χαλκογράφος (f. χαλκός copper, brass + γράφειν to scratch, write, draw, design) + -ER. Cf. F. chalcographe.] One who engraves on copper.
1662. Evelyn, Chalcogr., 9. Our Burnisher (another tool us’d by Chalcographers).
1677. Plot, Oxfordsh., 268. Mr. David Loggan, Chalcographer to the University.
1865. Sala, Diary in Amer., II. 127. A monstrous map of the island of Cuba. It had been graven by a Spanish chalcographer.
