FABIWCIUS, JOANNES ALBERTUS, born at Leipzig in 1067, early distinguished himself by his proficiency iu classical literature, and his penetration and judgment, assisted by an excellent memory. Having finished hie studios at Leipzig, he went to Hamburg, where 1. F. Meyer appointed him his librarian. He was afterwards appointed professor in the college of Hamburg, where he remained to the end of his life, having refused aeveral advantageous offers made to him by the landgrave of Hesse Cassel and others. He was the author of many elaborate works, the principal of which are :—' Bibliotheca Omen,' 14 vols. 4to, Hamburg, 1705-28. A new edition, with con siderable improvements, was published by Harles, Hamburg, 1790 1809. The 'Bibliotheca Giteca ' is a most valuable work ; it contains notices of all the Greek authors, from the oldest known down to those who flourished in the last period of the Byzantine empire, with lists of their works and remarks on them. Bibliotheca Latina,' 3 V013. 4to,1708-21. Tho Bibliotheca Latina' is lufcriurlu research and copiousness to the 'Ilibliotheca Grwea,' but is still a useful work, espe cially in the amended edition of Er' mosti, Leipzig, 1773. 'Bibliotheca Latina Eceleaiaistica,' fol., Hamburg, 1718. Bibliotheca Latina media) et itifitOLD lEtatia, cum Supplement° C. Schoettgeuli, ex recen-ione Dominic' 31ansi,' Padua, 6 vole. 4to,1754. ' Memories Hatnburgeuses,' 7 vols. 8vo ; to which Reimar, the eon-in-law of Fabriciva, added an eighth volume in 1745. 'Codex Apocryphus Novi Testamenti,' 2 vole. 8vo, 1719; being a Collection of the false Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and ether apocryphal books which appeared in the early ages of Christianity. ' Bibliegraphia Antiquaries,' 4to, 1760; being notices of the authors who have written upon Hebrew, Greek, Roman, and ecclesiastical antiquities. 'Delectue Argumentorum et Syllabus Scriptorum qui veritatern Religion's Christiana) lucubrationibus suss aseeruerunt,' 4to, 1725. Hydrotheologia,' written in German, and translated into French under the title Theologie de l'Eau, ou Essai sur Is Bente, la Sagesse, et la Puissance de Dieu, manifestoes dans la Creation de l'Eau,' 8vo, La Haye, 1741. Codex psendepigraphus Veteris Testamenti,' being a counterpart of his work on the Apocrypha of the New Testament. Conspectus Thesauri Litteradi 8vo,
1749, or notices of the principal collections of the Historians of Italy, as well as of other writers who have illustrated the antiquities, geo graphy, &e., of that country, including the great works of Burmannus and Ormvius, with an account of the Italian literary journals exiating or which had existed before the time of Fabricius, of the Italian academies, and a catalogue of Italian bibliographers and biographers classed according to the particular towns which they have illustrated.
Imp. ems. Augusti Temporum Notatio, Genus et Scriptorum Frag ments,' with 'Nicolai Damasceni De Institutione Augnati,' 4to, 1727.
Salutaria Lux Evangelii, also Notitia Propagatorum per Orbem totum Sacrorum : accedunt Epistolm quwdam ineditao Juliani Imperatoris, Gregorii Ilabessini Theologia lEthiopica, necnon Index geographicus Episcopatuum Orbia Christiani,' 4to, 1731; a work which contains useful information for students of ecclesiastical history. Centifolium Lutheranum, sive Notitia Literaria Scriptorum omnis genesis de Martino Luthero, ejus Vita, Scriptis, et Reformationo Ecelesite editorum,' 2 vole. 8vo, 1730. Centuria Fabnicioruen Seriptis clarorum qui jam diem suam obierunt collects,' 2 vole. 8vo, 1709, with a con tinuation in 1727. The author has included in his list not only the authors whose name or surname was Fabricius, but also those whose names may be turned into the Latin Fabricius ; such as Le Fevre, Fabri, the German Schmidts, &a. Independently of the above and other minor works, Fabricius published editions of Sextus Empiricus, of the Gallia Orientalis of Father Colomies, of the works of St. Hippolytus, and many others. The catalogue of the works published by him exceeds 100. Fabricius died at Hamburg in April 1736, in his sixty-ninth year. His private character was as praiseworthy as his learning was great. He was modest, hospitable to strangers who came to visit him, indefatigable in the dnties of his professorship and rector ship, and yet he found time for the compilation of the numerous works already mentioned. Reimer, his son-in-law, wrote his biography in Latin, 8vo, 1732.