the practices and principles of letter writing; art of epistolary composition
Word origin
[1885–90; ‹ L epistol(a) epistle + -o- + -graphy]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, reactor, toner, upsweep, zoom-graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography