1576 Depiction of Stonehenge for sale

 

Wiltshire. Saxton (Christopher), Wiltoniae Comitatus (Herbida Planitie Nobilis) hic ob ovulus Proponitur, Anno. Dm. 1576, circa 1579, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring and some later enhancement, large ornate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, trimmed with slight loss to the horizontal strapwork margins, skillfully repaired and replaced in facsimile, the central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, the whole backed with archival paper, one repaired marginal closed tear, 420 x 480 mm, mounted  - https://www.dominicwinter.co.uk/Auction/Lot/lot-193---wiltshire-saxton-christopher-wiltoniae-comitatus-herbida-planitie-noblis-circa-1579/?lot=427042

One of the very earliest depictions of Stonehenge. 

16th Century: First Observational and Printed Depictions

• c. 1573–1575: Watercolour by Flemish artist and poet Lucas de Heere (in his manuscript Corte Beschryvinghe van England, Scotland, ende Irland). Painted on site during his time in England; this is frequently called the earliest known realistic depiction based on direct observation, showing the stones in a more topographical, less mythical style. It captures the monument’s appearance before later collapses. Held in the British Library.
• 1576 (published 1579): Christopher Saxton’s map of Wiltshire (Wiltoniae Comitatus herbida Planicie nobilis... Anno Dni 1576), part of his pioneering Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales. Features a small pictorial symbol labelled “The Stonadge” (an early spelling) north of Salisbury Plain. This is one of the earliest printed depictions on a map and the first systematic cartographic representation of the site. Later states/editions of the plate sometimes added a more detailed inset view of Stonehenge.

Wiltshire Museum has a copy -  https://wessexmuseums.org.uk/item-record/995c645a-19ca-35ad-8e1a-4a170faa830a/