Hic sunt leones. La Collana "leo - laboratorio est-ovest"

Brief presentation of the series "leo - laboratorio est/ovest" - texts (critical essays, translations and miscellanies) on Central and Eastern Europe, that I have been directing since 2008 for Lithos Publisher in Rome. Thirty-five volumes have come out so far, including by very prestigious authors. This short text is dedicated to the memory of Canio Milano, bookseller, publisher, a very cultured and simple man, with whom the idea of a series on "Other Europe" was born then, and with whom many other ideas and publishing initiatives were born, such as the first printed series of "pl.it - Italian review of Polish topics" (3 volumes for about 2,350 pages all deicated to Poland, its culture, language, literature, art, history, economy and Italian-Polish relations. In this article I mention the many names of those who over time have contributed in various ways to these publishing initiatives, to whom, of course, I will always remain very grateful.