The eighth and greatest Emperor of Russia (r. 1762–1796)

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To her most sacred Majesty, Catharine the second Empress of all the Russias, whose transcendent wisdom, admirable policy and parental affection, extended to every part of her vast dominions, have completed the immense work begun by the immortal Peter as a just tribute to this august princess, the avowed patroness of genius, and universal protectress of art, science and literature, these volumes are with the profoundest respect and gratitude dedicated by her imperial Majesty's most obedient and most devoted servant John Boydell / Tomkins scripsit, Ashby sculpsit.

Catherine II in lavish dress, seated in an armchair; crown on a table in the background. Stipple print by C. Watson after A. Roslin, 1787.

The dance of death. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808, after G.M. Woodward, ca. 1795/1797.

James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.

Tracts on inoculation : written and published at St. Petersburg in the year 1768 ... ; with additional observations on epidemic small-pox, on the nature of that disease and on the different success of the various modes of inoculation / by ... Thomas Dimsdale.

Medical biographies : the ailments of thirty-three famous persons / by Philip Marshall Dale ; foreword by Howard F. Stein.

Die "medizinischen Rekruten" Katharinas II. / Heinz E. Müller-Dietz.

Thomas Dimsdale, M.D., F.R.S. (1721-1800) and the inoculation of Catherine the Great of Russia / by W.J. Bishop.

Catherine the Great : life and legend / John T. Alexander.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Coloured line engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1767, after J.-B. Greuze.

View of the Russian Empire during the reign of Catharine the Second, and to the close of the present century / By William Tooke.

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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

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View of the Russian Empire during the reign of Catharine the Second, and to the close of the present century / By William Tooke.

A paralysed old man being comforted and nursed by his children. Coloured line engraving by J.J. Flipart, 1767, after J.-B. Greuze.