remarque

noun

A small mark or sketch engraved in the margin of a plate to indicate its stage of development prior to completion.

noun

A print or proof from a plate carrying such a mark.

noun

See remark, 4.

A small design etched on the margin of a plate and supposed to be removed after the earliest proofs have been taken; also, any feature distinguishing a particular stage of the plate.

A print or proof so distinguished; — commonly called a Remarque proof.