Wanderings in Corsica: Its History and its Heroes
1855rif. 217573London: Thomas Constable 1855. First of this translation. "Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature Vol. V. Translated from the German by Alexander Muir. Frontispiece engraved map printed in color. vii 326 2ads; viii 290 2 4adspp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth covers stamped with wreath around a globe. Covers a little faded small nick to fore-edge of title-page else very good. First of this translation. "Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature Vol. V". Translated from the German by Alexander Muir. Frontispiece engraved map printed in color. vii 326 2ads; viii 290 2 4adspp. 2 vols. 8vo. Published the year after the first edition the work begins with a historical overview before describing the authors travels on the island. Oddly enough three translations of Gregorovius' work on Corsica 1853 were published in 1855: Muir's; Russell Martineau's Longman's; and Edward J. Morris' Phila. Parry. Thomas Constable unknown books
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