Note 25 — Chapter VIII

(p. 60.) Épreuves de remarque. The remarque usually consists in leaving unfinished some little detail in an out-of-the-way corner of the plate. After the épreuves de remarque have been printed, this detail is finished. A person who cannot tell a good impression from a bad one, or does not know whether a plate is spoiled or still in good condition, without some such extraneous sign, has slight claim to be considered a connoisseur.