L'opera rappresenta la prima storia comparata delle culture teatrali europee, in cui profonde osservazioni vengono espresse sia sulle caratteristiche delle diverse drammaturgie nazionali sia sui fattori materiali che distinguono e condizionano, nei diversi paesi, la vita dello spettacolo. Presenta in appendice le Pensées sur la déclamation (vedi).

EDIZIONI SUCCESSIVE:
- Amsterdam, Aux Depense de la Compagnie, 1740.
Testo online: GOOGLE LIBRI - INTERNET ARCHIVE - UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO: pp. 1-139 - pp. 140-273 

EDIZIONI RECENTI:
Ristampa dell'edizione del 1740: Bologna, Forni, 1969. (Ristampa anastatica)

TRADUZIONI:
Inglese: An Historical and Critical Account of the Theatres in Europe: Viz. The Italian, Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres. In which is contain'd A Review of the Manner, Persons and Character of the Actors; intermix'd with many Curious Dissertations upon the Drama. Together with Two Celebrated Essays: Viz. An Essay on Action, or, The Art of Speaking in Public: And, A Comparison of the Ancient and Modern Drama. By the famous Lewis Riccoboni of the Italian Theatre at Paris. The Whole illustrated with Notes by the Author and Translator, London, Printed for T. Waller and R. Dodley, 1741 (vedi).

Sempre del 1741 è: Reflections upon Declamation; or, The Art of Speaking in Publick: with an Historical and Critical Account of the Theatres in Europe. Viz. The Italian, Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres. In which is contained a Review of the Manner, Persons, and Character, of the Actors. Intermix'd, with many Curious Dissertations upon the Drama. By the famous Lewis Ricoboni, of the Italian Theatre at Paris, London, Printed for T. Cooper, 1741 (vedi).