This book, in three volumes, by Samuel Chappuzeau

Samuel Chappuzeau

Samuel Chappuzeau was a French scholar, author, poet and playwright whose best-known work today is Le Théâtre François, a description of French Theatre in the 17th century....

 is the main source of information on French Theatre in the 17th Century.

Its full title is Le Théâtre françois divisé en trois Livres, où il est traité I. De L’Usage de la Comédie. II. Des Auteurs qui soutiennent le Theatre. III. De la Conduite des Comédiens, Lyon

Lyon

Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

, Michel Mayer, 1674

It contains descriptions of many aspects of the theatre, down even to trivial facts such as the serving of Spanish wine.

(A full scan of the original edition is available at Gallica)

New editions were printed in Brussels in 1867, and by Georges Monval in Paris in 1875.

A critical edition by Christopher Gossip was published in April 2009 (Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen).
This is taken from a manuscript copy of 1673 which was apparently dedicated and given by Samuel to "La troupe du Roy", Molière's troup.