 In this he was part of a group of engravers which collaborated with Benedetto Mori and the architect Augusto Rosa, considered the inventor of "felloplastica", the art of constructing scale models of ancient monuments in cork.Giovanni Battista created a series of preparatory drawings about Paestum, which were completed by Francesco.Upon his father's death, shortly after the second trip, Francesco acquired his father's publishing house and was responsible for printing most of the later editions of his prints.