<div><div>"This is a tour de force of sophisticated global erudition." </div><div>-<b>Filippo de Vivo</b>, University of Oxford, UK</div><div><br></div><div>"In its wide global range and rich variety of studies, this expertly edited volume provides an unprecedented view into the scribal practices of diverse cultural traditions in the early modern period." </div><div>-<b>Johanna Drucker</b>, University of California, Los Angeles, USA</div><div><br></div><div>"This volume finally gives the colophon the place it deserves. We see scribes and printers at work in Thailand, the Deccan, Delhi, Damascus, Antwerp, and Timbuktu." </div><div>-<b>Konrad Hirschler, </b>University of Hamburg, Germany</div><div><br></div><div>"In this cross-disciplinary endeavor, ten authors tell lively and exciting stories of historical scribal practices." </div><div>-<b>Verena Klemm</b>, University of Leipzig, Germany</div><div><br></div></div><div> </div><div>This book is the fi