By means of, or as regards, photography; as in a photograph.
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ad. by photographic means
Word Usage
"It’s easily done, especially as the charts are reproduced photographically from the old leaflets. “l” means “1 Masche links stricken”, i.e., purl (I think). “1” means “1 mal unschlagen”, i.e., yo."