Edited by Donald Burrows.  April 14, 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Handel's death.  To mark this jubilee year, the British Library and Baerenreiter are joining forces to make the autograph score of the "Messiah" available to the public in a meticulously reproduced, lavishly published facsimile.  From "Documenta Musicologica II, 40."  Includes 248 pages of facsimile with a 48 page introduction in English, German, and Japanese.