E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Ligurian Republic (The).
Venetia, Genoa, and a part of Sardinia, tied up in one bundle by Napoleon I. in 1797, and bound with a constitution similar to that of the French “Directory,” so called from Ligu’ria, pretty well commensurate with these districts. It no longer exists.
