[f. Gr. ἀνάγλυπτος embossed + -γραφία writing.] (See quot.)
a. 1871. Art Journal, quoted in Ringwalt, Encycl. Print., 34. Anaglyptography, the art of so engraving as to give the subject an embossed appearance, as if raised from the surface of the paper; used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
