1843 GEORGE BURROW The Bible Society Agent in Spain Imprisonment for Scriptures

THE BIBLE IN SPAIN or Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman, in the Attempt to Circulate The Scriptures in The Peninsula by George Burrow

In Three Volumes - This is Volume Two

Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1843, Third Edition.

This is a 3/4 leather and marble boards hardcover and is very good condition. Tight covers and binding. No cracked hinges. No writing but for the previous owner's name. There is some wear to the edges of the covers. 398 clean pages.


The Bible in Spain, published in London in 1843, is a travel book by the British writer George Borrow (1803–1881). It was a popular work when it appeared, running through several editions. Borrow tells of his travels through Spain while working as a Bible salesman in 1835–1838, during the Carlist Civil War. His activities on behalf of the Bible Society encountered much opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and from politicians. Borrow went on to travel through northern Spain distributi